BN 6103, SD9, and 6013, SD7, work together switching out a train at Belknap Yard in Supeior, WI. Many of the old SD's assigned to Superior kept their GN colors well into the BN merger.

BN 1350, a former GN GP9 (actually a GP5 in GN terms), handles some switching moves near the grain elevators in Superior, WI. GN traded FT's for these Geeps, and kept the 1350 HP engine from the F... (more)

BN 6009, obviously a former GN SD7 sits between asssignments with 4 more SD9s and SD7s next to the roundhouse at Belknap Yard in Superior. Aside from the encroaching green paint a lone SD40-2 give... (more)

An old SW1 moving a couple cars at the large Hansen-Mueller elevator in Superior, WI.

An old SW1 moving a couple cars at the large Hansen-Mueller elevator in Superior, WI.

Soo SD-60 get attention at Superior Wisconsin

CHS GP15-1 687 switches out the elevator in Superior.

CHSX, Cenex Harvest States SW1 200 ex-PTRD Portland Traction, is parked next to CHSX 507 SW1, ex-IC unit at the docks in Superior, Wisconsin. April 9, 2000. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

BN 6009, an SD7, shares the Belknap Yard engine facilities with for more SD7s and SD9s was well as other EMD power between assignments they day after Christmas 1975. Located next to downtown Super... (more)

BN 6114 shows off its rear short hood which received a simple white band wrapped around it when GN adopted the Big Sky Blue scheme in 1967. The SD9 is parked next to the roundhouse at Belknap Yard... (more)

BN 6115 and 6106, former GN SD9s, sit at Allouez Yard, Superior, WI, between assignments. Allouez Yard was GN & BN's major ore facilities that mixed raw are historically to load in ore dock pocket... (more)

First generation EMD power dominated BN operations in Iron Range country in the early years of the merger. Midnight on a nice summer July evening witnesses BN 6111, SD9, BN f7B 779, an NW2 and a s... (more)

BN 6114 shows off its "Y" front end, a feature of the GN Big Sky Blue scheme. 100 units lower, BN 6014, an SD7, is in the early 60s simplified scheme. Both are at the roundhouse at Belkn... (more)

Here is a view of the shorthand, rear of BN 1540, coupled to a vintage tank car used in maintenance service to carry water. They are enjoying light snow at the former GN Belknap Yard in Superior t... (more)

BN 1540, a former GN GP7 that made it to the merger in its original colors, hangs out in light snow at Belknap Yard in Superior, WI. The former GN yard was an important terminal for BN and is stil... (more)