A pair of SD70MACs, BNs preferred coal haulers of the time, lead westbound empties out of Ashland, NE enrotue Lincoln and the Powder River mines. Ektachrome.

BN 9968, in Amtrak service, leads a short passenger train to Quincy, IL out of the train platforms at Chicago Union Station in September 1972 while ATSF 302C heads up one of the Chief trains await... (more)

BN 6394, a former GN SDP40, leads an eastbound freight out of the Cascade Tunnel in March 1975. At this time the Cascade Tunnel was the longest in the Western Hemisphere at just under 8 miles in l... (more)

BN 6542 leads a westbound freight up Stevens Pass at the west end of Berne siding about a mile east of the Cascade Tunnel. It will top the grade just inside the east portal of the tunnel and begin... (more)

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)

Burlington Northern Railroad 218, an EMD SW1200 that was formerly Northern Pacific 159 (built in July 1957), switches cars in the railroad’s Interbay Yard, passing a deadline of other EMD switch... (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)

BN SD40-2 1876 and SDP40 1976 temporarily head up the American Freedom Train in Wenatchee, WA until SP 4449 has a chance to couple up to the front of the train. They operated as helpers to assist ... (more)

Rush hour in Wenatchee. It's late afternoon and the helpers in the distance have been attached to a Stevens Pass bound mainline freight, while two other crews go to work, each on a pair of Geeps t... (more)

BN 6601, Great Northern's second F45 shows off its fairly new green paint in the presence of an X-GN Big Sky Blue caboose and a simplified orange and green F unit at the Interbay engine facilities... (more)

BN 4363, a former SP&S Alco C-636, sits at Vancouver, WA engine facilities with a wreck crane and an RS-3 still in SP&S colors. This big power was based out of Vancouver and limited pretty much to... (more)

It's afternoon rush hour on the BN race track. I have just gotten off a 19 minute ride from Chicago Union Station to La Grange Rd. On this spring-like Febraury day I had my camera and decided to c... (more)

BN F45 6620 leads an empty grain train east in the middle of two horseshoes that help elevate the former GN mainline from Gold Bar to Skykomish prior to making the mountain grade climb from Skykom... (more)

BN 6925 assisted by an F45 and SD45 holds the main at the eastern end of Skykomish, WA awaiting insertion of helpers to the rear of the train. Once attached they will assist the eastbound freight ... (more)