BNSF 8475 awaits clearance to proceed eastbound while BN caboose 10024 brings up the rear of a westbound manifest. An unusual catch in 2020.

BN 10024 brings up the rear of a westbound manifest. An unusual catch in 2020.

Northern Pacific SD45's numbered 3600-3629 built between 7/66 and 4/68. Twenty additional SD45 locomotives were ordered by NP as Nos. 3630-3649, but they were delivered after the BN merger and wer... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Humboldt Avenue Transfer (H42) crosses the Mississippi River at Camden with a heritage unit on the point. The SD70ACU is an unusual leader, as this train typically rates ECOs.

The Hennepin Job makes an infrequent stop at Eureka Recycling to set off two boxcars. The power for today is fan-favorite MNNR 316, one of only two remaining ALCO RS-27s.

BNSF 1458 leads a pair of cascade green engines on the transfer job to the CP yard in St. Paul. The icing on the cake is the first hopper has a giant BN logo too.

BNSF 2793 crosses the former Northern Pacific bridge in Minneapolis.

The crew of BNSF 1573 continue to operate normally while the crew of BNSF 1913 react to a sudden mishap. A worker inspects two car that broke apart with a loud band while the engine was shoving t... (more)

Former CB&Q GP35 2543 and an Erie Lackawanna F3B lead an early BN train at the Saint Anthony Parkway overpass in Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

BN 990 is one of ten rare NW5 locomotives built for the Great Northern. This was built in December 1946 as GN 190. The front grill gives away the original GN color scheme striping with sheet metal... (more)

GN 2505 sits in the snow outside the Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis in early January 1970. In about 60 days it will become a part of Burlington Northern, renumbered as BN 5405.

Near the end of a sunny below zero early January day in 1970, GN U25B (later version with a double windshield) catches the last rays of sunshine as well as the sunset of its career on Great Northe... (more)

About 60 days are left in the history of the Great Northern Ry. on this cold early January 1970 afternoon. GP20 2011 displays its historic color scheme, minus the GREAT NORTHERN lettering on the l... (more)

Ending its career where it started, BN 9908, former GN 510, graces the point of the Empire Builder as it loads baggage and passengers prior to its evening departure from Minneapolis for Spokane, S... (more)