OKLAHOMA CITY Dec 18 1983 — BN GP38AC 2124 lays over at the former Frisco Yard off Byars southeast of city center. EMD delivered this unit as SLSF GP38AC 647 in March 1971. My photo.

HEREFORD TX June 20 1986 — BN C30-7 5125 leads a loaded coal train in the Texas Panhandle on the Santa Fe's Transcon. My photo.

BINGEN WA Sept 27 1978 -- Burlington Northern C636 4368, GP35 2537 and C424 4240 make their way east in the Columbia River Gorge. It was my first trip to the Pacific Northwest to visit my sister n... (more)

BN 5383 pushes the caboose train back along the mainline and past an active semaphore signal at IRM's annual Diesel Days event.

A bull of the bovine persuasion is about to cross Echeta Road as a pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s hustle an eastbound Z train past milepost 627 through Croton, Wyoming, on the morning of ... (more)

Three BN SDP40s former Great Northern 323 (6397), 320 (6394) and 325 (6399). Built as SDP40s, steam generators have been removed by BN and restored as SD40s.

BN 7184 sits wrecked at Cheyenne. Taken by Henry John Vitz.

In case you ever asked "what happened to the world's first two composite reefer cars?" the answer is they are now essentially a fixture in Stanwood, Washington. These are actually prett... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SW1500 No. 59 rolls through West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri, on the morning of September 16, 1990. Both SW1000 and SW1500 switchers have higher frames/walkways and ha... (more)

AMARILLO TX Oct 8 1988 — Locomotive Management Services B39-8E 8507 (s/n 45416) leads a mixed freight near city center. My photo.

Passing a yard switcher taking a short break, Burlington Northern train 154 enters Galesburg Yard 17 February 17, 1991. The sprawling yard at Galesburg was a major facility for BN and is located s... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern local, powered by venerable EMD SD9 No. 6150, crosses a bridge near Holman, Minnesota, on September 23, 1994.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal empty descends Crawford Hill east of Crawford, Nebraska, on the morning of April 11, 1998. A short-lived mix of A.C. locomotives power the train back ... (more)

BN-3 (EMD E9AM), SLGR 515 displayed at IC 4035 (EMD E8A), BN-1 (EMD F9A rebuilt) and MILW 118-C (EMD F7A) are all lined up in yard five, under the stars.

A quartet of Burlington Northern Railroad locomotives (U33C 5757, SD40-2s 6334 and 6333, and SD40 6309) await their next assignment at the joint Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe / Colorado & Southern ya... (more)