Chicago Burlington & Quincy SD9 346 was built by EMD in May 1955. By 1985, the 30-year-old locomotive had lost its signal lights and gained a Cascade Green and black paint job for subsequent owne... (more)

McCook, Nebraska, is a division point on the BNSF Railway, where the Akron Sub and the Hastings Sub meet. (And also where Central Time gives way to Mountain Time on the railroad.) The small yard... (more)

A westbound BNSF Railway manifest has arrived in McCook late in the afternoon after traveling on the Hastings Subdivision, and has tied down in the yard. McCook is the Division Point between the ... (more)

There was a lot of power on BNSF Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train Z-CHCDEN9-10 as it departed McCook, Nebraska, on August 11, 2015. Along with the usual power (BNSF ES44C4s 8039 and 6956, plus E... (more)

BNSF Railway's hot Z-CHIDEN9-19 train rushes through Red Willow, on the eastern outskirts of McCook, Nebraska, on August 20, 2017. Four GE diesels (BNSF 6686, 6506, 4828 and 7928) are leading thi... (more)

BNSF Railway, and their two predecessor components (Burlington Northern and Santa Fe), has kept many of their older locomotives, particularly GP30s and GP35s, in active service by rebuilding them ... (more)

An assortment of EMD 4-axle power is gathered in BNSF Railway yard in McCook, Nebraska, on August 18, 2017. The engines, which include GP38-2s (such as BNSF 2257), GP39-3Rs (rebuilt GP35s) and a ... (more)

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On an August day in 2015, a BNSF freight waits on the main line in McCook, Nebraska, while final tests are performed before the manifest begins its westbound journey. ... (more)

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In the mid-1980s, Burlington Northern took delivery of two orders of leased engines to help with their motive power needs: 100 SD60s leased from EMD’s Oakway Le... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight, led by a quartet of SD40-2s, makes crew change in McCook, Nebraska, on August 20th, 1987. McCook, in southwestern Nebraska, is the division point where t... (more)

Departing McCook, Nebraska, on August 10th, 2015, is BNSF Railway train U-TMCCXA0-40 (Unit Train; Tampa CO to Smithboro IL [CSX], then to Amoco, VA) behind BNSF SD70ACe 9297 and Norfolk Southern D... (more)

Done with the day's duties, BNSF GP39-3R 2745 and GP38-2 2257 lay over in McCook, Nebraska, on August 13th, 2015. BNSF 2745 began life as Chicago Burlington & Quincy GP30 964, which became BN GP3... (more)

Amtrak's Zephyrs stop in McCook, Nebraska, in the middle of the night. Here is Amtrak #5, the westbound San Francisco Zephyr (Chicago IL to Oakland CA) with 13 cars, over three hour... (more)

BNSF Railway train H-LAUMCN1-09A has just arrived at its final destination, McCook, Nebraska. Originating in Laurel, Montana, this train (led by ES44C4 6551, Dash 9-44CW 4614 and SD70MAC 9569) wi... (more)

Power for local trains lays over for the weekend in McCook, Nebraska, on May 11th, 2013. BNSF Dash 8-40B 8610 (former Santa Fe 7420) peeks out from behind GP38 2128 (ex-BN 2128, originally Frisco... (more)