Burlington Northern NW2 487 resting at Minneapolis Junction June 1970. Built as Great Northern 150 in September 1945 and retired in April 1982. Unknown Photographer Photo from my Collection.

With neither animal or footprint in sight, eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train G06 passes an abandoned ranch west of Blossburg, Montana, on the west slope of Mullan Pass on a snowy ... (more)

Burlington Northern train 120 crosses Austin Creek Trestle just west of Skyline, Montana, as it descends Mullan Pass on September 9, 1995. The eastbound freight is powered by three EMD SD40-2s and... (more)

In 1990, Burlington Northern converted EMD SD40-2 No. 7890 to burn natural gas fuel as an experiment to lower fuel costs and get cleaner exhaust emissions. The rebuild included SD45-like flared ra... (more)

The canyon below Chestnut Mountain on Bozeman Pass is filled with the sounds of a hard-working Burlington Northern freight pounding up the eastbound grade on July 2, 1994. The location is at the o... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern coal train emerges from under the former Milwaukee Road bridge at Terry, Montana, on the afternoon of July 26, 1992. Both routes are operated by BN, now BNSF, with ... (more)

Amid the changing colors of autumn in Montana, Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train 1 departs the west end of Havre Yard on October 6, 1996. A quartet of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 lo... (more)

After pushing the caboose of a southbound coal train onto the main at Palmer Lake, Colorado, the help... (more)

As soon as a southbound Burlington Northern coal train stopped on the single track at Palmer Lake, Colorado, the helpers... (more)

The helpers on a BN coal train slow as they enter the single track at Palmer Lake, Colorado. After the caboose has clear... (more)

Powered by a pair of Burlington Northern Cascade green EMD SD40-2 locomotives, a short eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight bound for Shelby and Great Falls soars over the big bridge at ... (more)

To make the 2000-foot climb in elevation from Denver to Palmer Lake, Colorado made the Joint Line a helper district for heavy trains. Seen here is the rear of a Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Palmer Lake, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BN 7280
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 24, 1983

A typical Burlington Northern coal train on Colorado’s Joint line in the 1980’s was powered by a mix of five 3000-horsepower six-axle units from GE and EMD. This train at Palmer Lake is no exc... (more)

Burlington Northern’s Powder River coal trains usually had a mix of five 3,000-horsepower six-axle units. Here a Southern Pacific tunnel motor has worked its way into the normal solid green lin... (more)

Eastbound freight rolls down from Marias Pass towards Bison.