A westbound stack train waits for an eastbound coal train to pass at Acme, Texas, west of Quanah. The foreground track is one of the last mainline segments remaining of the old Quanah, Acme & Paci... (more)

An early BNSF train No. 15 led by Burlington Northern SD40-2 No. 7047 exits Tunnel 3.9 and is about to enter Tunnel 4, east of Belton, Montana, on October 8, 1996. The train is running along the M... (more)

BN 6607 and mate pick up a switcher at North La Crosse, WI. BN 6607 was formerly GN F45 No. 434, and shows off its fresh new paint. I could smell the fresh paint on this unit and suspect it was it... (more)

BN gained access to Winona via the Green Bay & Western bridge over the Mississippi River from Wisconsin. They operated a small yard and switched some industries. BN 94 is former CBQ 9150 and was r... (more)

Deconstruction of a U-Boat

Highball Highlands!: A westbound Burlington Northern intermodal train flies through Highlands, Illinois, on April 18, 1987. Leading the train is GP50 No. 3161, followed by a fuel tender, a GE B30-... (more)

With throttle now wide open after descending Belmont Hill, a brace of GE U30-C's heads up a Powder River coal train as it roars through Marsland Nebraska and starts up the next grade into Owl Cut,... (more)

WP-BN Inside Gateway traffic at Greenville during the summer of 1971 in this photo from my collection. Power is BN 2545, 2532, 4361 and another unknown unit. Photographer name appears to be G. Wig... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train crosses the third bridge from the west end of the canyon on a tangent, and curves into the heart of Abo on May 21, 1999. Two other trains... (more)

Rare sight in Abo Canyon: A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train crosses Bridge 872.2 in Abo Canyon near Sais, New Mexico, on May 21, 1999. The specially-painted Burlington Northern ... (more)

A pair of BN switchers return an excursion train to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum after a weekend of trips in far western Duluth.

BN 6005 and an NW2, both of GN heritage idle the evening away in this midnight shot taken at the former Great Northern Railway Harrison St. roundhouse. During this time BN was upgrading Northtown ... (more)

Westbound Chicago, IL, to St. Paul, MN, intermodal train blast pass the CTC signal for West Chana. The train will zip across northern Illinois in short fashion with this small train. Chana is loca... (more)

BN 6244 tries to stay ahead of a spring thunder storm as it hurries an eastbound freight along the Mississippi River at Alma, WI. The train was a daily freight operating between Dayton Bluff Yard,... (more)

When green was new: Brand-new Burlington Northern EMD SD60M No. 9256 gets set up in Clyde Yard engine facility at Cicero, Illinois, on January 26, 1991, back when locomotives in a coat of green we... (more)