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)

A Burlington Northern intermodal train, including UPS trailers, approaches the crew change point (and Amtrak station) in McCook, Nebraska, on August 19th, 1980. This eastbound train will also "lo... (more)

Five-month-old SD40-2 7290 is serviced in Burlington Northern's small engine facility in McCook, Nebraska, on August 19th, 1980.

Local Power A pair of EMD GPs soaks up the sun in McCook, Nebraska, on September 14, 2012. BNSF Railway GP39-2R 2817 was, as its distinctive carbody suggests, built as a GP30 by EMD in Jul... (more)

A Burlington Northern switchman rides a Cotton Belt box car while making up a train in McCook, Nebraska, on August 19, 1980.

Following a crew change, an eastbound Burlington Northern freight accelerates on BN’s Lincoln Sub. BN SD40-2 8121 leads sister SD40-2 6355 and a pair of cabless B30-7A diesels. (McCook, Nebras... (more)

Burlington Northern maintains a small engine facility at McCook, NE, about halfway between Denver and Omaha. On this August 1991 morning, GP39M 2803 (built as a Cotton Belt GP30, originally 757 a... (more)

Burlington Northern SD40-2 6847 was built by EMD in July 1978 as Saint Louis - San Francisco (Frisco) 957. When the Frisco was acquired by the BN on November 21, 1980, this engine became BN 6847.... (more)

A pair of Burlington Northern Santa Fe's ubiquitous Dash 9-44CWs, 5237 and 4473, layover between assignments at McCook, Nebraska. Just behind them is much older BNSF 2800, a GP39M that was origina... (more)

Heading west out of McCook, BN GP40 3006 is the former CB&Q 176.

Burlington Northern SD40-2 7170 pauses for a crew change at the passenger station at McCook, Nebraska in the summer of 1988