A westbound Burlington Northern detour heads west on Chicago & North Western’s Adams line in Wisconsin. On the afternoon of June 25, 1993, BN GP39E No. 2766 leads two GE cabless B30-7ABs leads t... (more)

The local is switching an industry. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Westbound BNSF local at Enid, OK.

3 Geeps sit adjacent to the sand tower at Willmar.

After the HLCX in the consist having a bad brake shoe and requiring a quick fix, BNSF 2740, a rebuilt GP39E still wearing its Burlington Northern colors shoves L-CHI105 at the last bit of golden h... (more)

On a crystal clear evening, BNSFs famed 105 local rockets out of Streator with an ABA set of EMDs, with the leader being a former Burlington Northern GP30.

Kicking off September with some Cascade Green on the Transcon, as a late L-CHI105 thunders over the Des Planes River with GP39E 2740, H1 GP60B 334 and H4 SD40-2 1680.

The Modern Day A-B-A. BNSF GP39E 2740 (née-Great Northern 3007, GP30, 4/1963) was a vintage rarity to see on a road freight, so often they are led by a seemingly unending parade of GEVOs. ... (more)

The BNSF Cosgrove local heading North over Noix Creek on the K-Line.

A transfer job departs Vancouver for Lake Yard as they pass another set of local power tied up by the station. According to my notes, this was a Portland Terminal or UP crew of some sort.

A Burlington Northern local heads east into Oregon, Illinois, on the morning of July 1, 1995. Leaving the C&I (Chicago & Iowa) main line on the right is the 6.8-mile Mount Morris branch.

BNSF 2759 finds the sun as it shuffles Metra bilevels around the yard at 14th Street. 2759 began life as a Southern GP30 in 1962. It currently serves as the yard switcher, along with another Geep.

After making a pickup at Lineage Logistics, the conductor throws the switch off the spur to get back onto the West Chicago Branch Line as BNSF 2740, a rebuilt EMD GP39E leads the way back to Eola,... (more)

A full fallen flag consist departs Batavia with the 452 local.

After working 2 industries in Batavia for a few hours on a gorgeous fall evening, R-CHI452 heads back south to Eola Yard on the BNSF West Chicago Spur. This line is the oldest part of the former C... (more)