Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Pretty sure it was 1977 but maybe 78. A lovely spring day in the center of the North American land mass.

BN 5119 leads a KCS SD40-2 and another BN C30-7 on an eastbound coal train down from the Powder River as it makes its way across the vast Nebraska Sandhills. Fuji Astia.

A pair of SD70MACs lead empty OMAX hoppers across the icy Platte River near Ashland, NE. The MACs looked better in their original BN scheme rather than the BNSF alterations, but that's progress fe... (more)

It seemed like they'd never to away in those days and now they are just another odd happening and the photos are bringing back memories. This empty coal bucket is headed back west at a tiny gem o... (more)

Final Burlington Northern Denver Zephyr departs Chicago Union Station led by one of three BN painted E8's. See Below for other 1970's and into Amtrak

Friday departure of Afternoon Zephyr, departs on own on Friday to Twin Cities. final departure More 4/3--5-1 photos

This Burlington Northern Railway freight train has a healthy set of power up front: SD40-2 6803 (ex-BN 6343), SD40-2 8026, GP38-2 2362 (ex-SLSF 692), B30-7A(B) 4018, SD40-2 8176 and GP38-2 2280 (... (more)

Fireworks light up the evening sky as C&IM 30 (RS1325) and BN-3 (E9AM) rest quietly at the east end of the yard during the Illinois Railway Museum's 2025 Labor Day weekend.

During the Illinois Railway Museum's 2025 Diesel Days event, BN 9976 (E9AM) leads the coach train through Johnson Siding, meeting METX 308 with the Nebraska Zephyr trainset.

During the Illinois Railway Museum's 2025 Diesel Days event, BN 9976 (E9AM) leads the coach train through Johnson Siding.

BN 5383 (U30C) sits on display next to Barn 9 at the Illinois Railway Museum during the museum's 2025 Diesel Days event.

Correction: There are apparently no NTSB/STB reports on this incident. However, on further research, this derailment was not due to flooding, but rather improper slack management by the mid... (more)

In the twilight of these locomotives' storied careers pulling first Zephyrs, then Chicago commuters, BN 9924 heads westbound late in the afternoon with some of those same commuters, heading home f... (more)

Roster photograph of Burlington Northern GE C30-7 working on a work train at Glendo, Wyoming on July 22, 1999.