On a cold January 2, 1988, a Burlington Northern freight powered by a pair of EMD GP50s heads west through Riverside, Illinois on the railroad’s busy three-track main line between Chicago and Au... (more)

A tiger-striped GP50 leads a pair of SD40-2s on an intermodal train along "The Racetrack." Tom Golden photo.

Thunder over Milepost 13
Chicagoland is still bathed in morning sun, but not for long as a storm moves in from the west. It’s August 10, 1986 at Milepost 13 on Burlington Northern’s... (more)

Burlington Northern GP50 #3110 is painted in a variation of the "tiger stripe" scheme as it departs the Montana Rail Link yard in Laural, Mont. on the Pasco, WA to Birmingham, AL #120 train. With... (more)

BN 3110 was one of two units painted with the white and orange stripes.

Getting the word.