An eastbound Burlington Northern freight behind U23C 5204 and a pair of EMDs approaches Cicero Yard past the commuter station at La Vergne, IL. BN 5204, an ex-CB&Q unit, was one of just eight U23C... (more)

Four silver E-units should be enough power to keep Burlington Northern train 31, the Empire Builder, moving at track speed on the first leg of its Chicago-Seattle journey as they accelerate past t... (more)

In early 1969 the Burlington Route took delivery on an order of 15 SD45s that wore this new color scheme that anticipated the impending Burlington Northern merger. Three of them headed up this eas... (more)

An inbound Burlington commuter train from Aurora brakes for the station at La Vergne, Illinois, on a summer afternoon. The modest consist of an E8, a single gallery car, and a coach/generator car ... (more)

Tripleheaded silver E-units led by E9 9988B accelerate west through La Vergne, Illinois, with Burlington train 31, the Seattle-bound Empire Builder, which they will pass on to the Great Northern i... (more)

During the Burlington Northern's first summer, a westbound freight gets underway out of Cicero Yard behind an SD45 trio, the first of which retains the classic Northern Pacific image and the secon... (more)

Before the revival that began in the late 1970s, many off-peak Chicago commuter trains were rather modest affairs. A Burlington E8 that had became the property of Burlington Northern five months e... (more)