After Philip Anschutz acquired the D&RGW and the SP, one of his first missions was to lay fiber optic cable along the D&RGW right of way from Denver to Salt Lake City. With an SD-40-2T from each... (more)
One year after the merger creating the Burlington Northern, NP’s former “North Coast Limited” Train 26 is eastbound near Willow Creek, Montana, with two repainted F units. BN units 9824, 98... (more)
Westbound BN Train 25, former “North Coast Limited,” was cresting Homestake Pass, Mont. on March 21, 1971, next stop would be Butte. Two ex-NP F units have been painted BN.
Great Northern’s Train 31, westbound Empire Builder, was descending Marias Pass when it met eastbound Train 28, the Western Star near Blacktail, Mont. Anticipating the upcoming merger to create... (more)
Usually it was not a good railfanning day when one of these trains were sighted, but fortunately on Sept. 30, 1991 D&RGW SD’s 5372 and 5508 were taking the derrick train eastward back to Denver ... (more)