Freshly repainted in the livery of Great Northern Rail Services, ex V/Line T class locos 381-376-377 pose outside the Rail Technical Services shed at South Dynon loco depot. This livery was based ... (more)

Restoration efforts continue on this old beast.

Only a month into the BN merger, GN still looks like GN at the passenger engine facility at the east end of Union Station. A mix of F units and former F heater cars idle while maintenance workers ... (more)

GN 599 is beginning to re-appear as restoration efforts progress on former BN 6126. This unit was the final SD9 locomotive received by Great Northern Railway back in 1958. It was part of a ten uni... (more)

BN 6126, ex-GN 599 is getting a paint job from BN Cascade Green and black to as delivered GN Omaha Orange and Pullman Green. Located in Skykomish, WA to be on display in the Town Center Park.

Notching up the hill out of Duluth.

Two former Frisco SW1500s switch REW Materials off of Southwest Blvd in KCK. Behind the two empty centerbeams is a Santa Fe extended vision caboose used for the shove back to 19th Street Yard in t... (more)

Two former Frisco SW1500s, now lettered for Great Northern, ply home rails with BNSF's afternoon local out of the Frisco 19th St. Yard.

Great Northern NW5 No. 192 switches cars for the Lester River Turn, also known as the “Duluth Zephyr,” at Duluth Minnesota, on June 10, 2016. Only 13 rare EMD NW5s were built between December 1946... (more)

GN 573 was the first SD9 purchased by Great Northern Railway, following acquisition of 23 SD7s, mostly for service in iron ore country. This is a Phase 1 SD9, looking essentially the same as an SD... (more)

A track renewal project at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum has opened up a temporary unobstructed view of the fireman's side of 4-4-0 William Crooks, the first locomotive in Minnesota. The locom... (more)

Great Northern Alco S2 #11 sits at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI on a nice sunny afternoon.

EMD's first production SD45 dubbed Hustle Muscle by GN rests at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum along with restored NW-5 192 in 1999. The contraption of the cab roof of 400 that looks like an ic... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder gets special car "City of Spokane" for its rear on a nice day in May 1994. The eastbound train is just leaving Seattle for Spokane and points east.

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 t... (more)