For three months, from October to December 1986, General Motors Electro-Motive Division built 100 SD60s to lease to the Burlington Northern Railroad. (Could either of the builders crank out that ... (more)

Oakway Leasing SD60 No. 9028 leads a BN C30-7 on a southbound manifest about to rattle across the UP diamonds in Fremont, NE. The pounding off traffic requires frequent maintenance of the crossing... (more)

There was a very nice house (seen under the bridge) where the BNSF River Line passes over UP's ex-CNW main. I was ready to put in an offer and wondered if they would rent me a room or if they'd l... (more)

Emdx 9068 and Emdx 9009 sit in the siding with a loaded rail train.

No name of the slide. From my collection.

Oakway 9021 leads a southbound freight thru the S curve at Castle Rock, CO. in June of 1989.

Coal empties leave the yard bound for the Powder River Basin. Trailing units are SD40-2 7268, SF30C 9546, C30-7 5068 and SD402P KCS 616.

KCLX coal empties head downgrade round Breezy Point.

A loaded GRDX coal train climbs the hill.

Oakway Leasing 9021 approaches Palmer Lake, CO in June of 1989.

I am flummoxed as to where this shot was taken and will award the brass figlagee with bronze oakleaf palm to anyone who can provide some insight. My guess is somewhere around Fremont, NE or out we... (more)

BN leased 100 SD60s in 1986. The units were frequently seen on coal trains, although customarily in the company of other Oakway units or BN green SD40-2s and C30-7s. Yet here one of the Oakways l... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Q train passes through a cut approaching O’Rea Road grade crossing while climbing Bozeman Pass near Hoppers, west of Livingston, Montana, on the afternoo... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Q train, led by Oakway Leasing EMD SD60 No. 9084, has almost reached the top of Bozeman Pass as it slowly works through Muir, Montana, on the afternoon of ... (more)

Two Oakway Leasing EMD SD60s, along with a pair of Cascade green locomotives, pull a Burlington Northern coal train toward Belmont and the summit of Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on July 9, 1994.