A Burlington Northern Santa Fe trackage rights manifest glides west through marshy terrain near Kenecott Copper's Garfield Smelter. The BNSF train is westbound on the former Western Pacific (UP Sh... (more)

A short Utah Railway RUT312 local departs Salt Lake City for the Flying J Oil Refinery in North Salt Lake.

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MAC demonstraters in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 through the Iowa countryside north of Green Island on Octob... (more)

The first few years after the Santa Fe - Burlington Northern merger brought together some interesting power lashups. Case in point, a 50 car Riverbank, CA to Denver, CO trackage rights train head... (more)

A Burlington Northern GE/EMD combo lead a 70 car Stockton, CA to Denver, CO trackage rights manifest through Sutro Cut on UP's Provo Subdivision. I'm definitely missing the variety of power and pa... (more)

Passing underneath the Lyle Rest Area a Burlington Northern manifest train is enjoying the water level grade carved by the mighty Columbia River on the former Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway en... (more)

Gaining altitude by climbing away from the Wenatchee Valley and the Columbia River toward the Columbia River plateau a Burlington Northern grain empty rounds the Trinidad horseshoe curve.

A Burlington Northern coal empty approaches the top of the grade at Palmer Lake on Colorado’s Joint Line on the afternoon of July 8, 1985. Four GE C30-7s lead a lone EMD SD40-2 up the grade.

An old BN reefer basks in the morning sun at the Pueblo Railway museum. Clearly, we know who owned it originally.

Fifteen years ago, power working on the BNSF had a little more variety than it does today. Here, a matched trio of Burlington Northern EMDs lead a 56 car Riverbank, CA to Denver, CO trackage right... (more)

This was called a yard cleaner.... in BN's former Rice Yard, Denver. Cough, cough, wheeze; the operator even stands outside. The area is now Elitchs amusement park.

The last bit of daylight catches 8 Burlington Northern SD40-2's as they head East over an inlet of Lake Pend Oreille.

An eastbound Burlington Northern coal train grinds through the “s” curve at milepost 143 just west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on the morning of August 10, 1991. Three new SD60Ms bracket an ol... (more)

An eastbound BN freight from Vancouver, Wash, has turned south across Celilo lift bridge and Columbia River to enter Oregon, headed down the Deschutes Canyon and Bend, Ore. A mixture of power -- ... (more)

In a town rich with maritime history and a scene looking like it was created by a very talented model railroader, Burlington Northern's Astoria Local is departing Astoria with 3 loads of canned tu... (more)