NP to BN to BNSF ... Built by EMD in August 1957, Burlington Northern GP9 1922 was originally Northern Pacific 337. Just 25 years old, the 1922 is sitting in the dead line at BN's Interbay... (more)

Burlington Northern MP15DC #1000 sits on the Shop Lead. #1000 was built March 1975 as Frisco (SLSF) #361. Unit later became BN #4000 and later Burlington Northern Santa Fe #3700

A real joint line joint powered freight makes his way up at Palmer Lake with the namesake Lake at right

The BN local from Superior arrives in Ashland on a rainy fall day. Too bad the Ashland Ore Dockers class of 1980 decided to re-letter the bridge and the classic NP Monad at the start of their seni... (more)

A former DM&IR SD9 (145) leads two sister SD9s on a transfer at Dayton's Bluff.

The Mainstreeter not too long before the end.

A set of BN pool power moves backs toward WP's shops in Stockton Yard.

A neat consist leads the Superior to Northtown freight.

Elevator M looms in the background as BN 1547 gets ready to move a cut of boxcars in place for loading

Train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha rolls by Carkeek Park in north Seattle behind a pair of BN F45s on New Years Day 1977. The F45s and former E8 heater car are substituting for SDP40Fs which had b... (more)

Three Burlington Northern GE C30-7s smoke it up at Tamora, Nebraska, on the morning of July 2, 1988. The train held the main for a meet, and is now bringing the coal loads back into motion, while ... (more)

A pair of ancient BN SD9s head north out of the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard with a cut of gondolas loaded with fresh Northwest Indiana steel. Tom Golden photo.

BN 4361, a rare Alco C636, waits on its eastbound freight at Cook siding along the Columbia River while a westbound freight rushes by. The train held for two westbounds before continuing on to Wis... (more)

It is the summer of 1982. A local freight near Spokane is lead by BN 1744 (ex NP 306), followed by BN 1764 (ex. GN 703), BN 1839 (ex, GN 687) and another geep.

Another cloudy July morning in the Washington cascade mountains. What appears to be three westbound trains is really one. The lead engine 6645 has just set out engine 5747 and will soon rejoin F45... (more)