Cresting the pass, one of BN's late scheme SD60Ms leads a hot intermodal east.

BINGEN WA Sept 27 1978 — Burlington Northern GP35 2511 leads a mixed freight west on the Fallbridge Sub. Rolling trains were rare as this was in the middle of a nationwide railroad strike. My ph... (more)

Burlington Northern SD40-2 6331 rolled out of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's plant in McCook, Illinois, in February 1972. (McCook, Nebraska – August 5, 1985)

With dynamics howling, BN 7174 West drops down the long grade from Marias Pass to the Flathead River valley as it approaches one of the snow sheds along the route. Fuji Astia.

My dad captured this gem. Railroading at it's finest. Five C30-7's with a loaded coal train, working up hill, with the sanders on. I can only imagine the sound, (Tom Ellis photo)

A trio of green power leads a westbound onto two main tracks along the fringes of Lake Pend Oreille at Algoma, ID. The so-called "funnel" siphons traffic off of the ex-NP and GN mainline... (more)

One of the ubiquitous SD40-2s of BN heritage leads a westbound intermodal outfit along the river grade near Kootenai Falls, MT. Fuji Astia.

Three DC motors haul an eastbound coal train beginning its trip along the Sandhills Sub several miles east of Alliance. Fuji Astia.

A rather unique SD40-2 of Colorado Southern vintage, 7840 along with 7149 were rebuilt as dual-fuel locomotives able to run with LNG or diesel and classed as DF40-2s, however, the 7890 is back to ... (more)

Three BN C30-7s share the honors with an SD70MAC leading a coal train that is about to rattle the UP diamonds in Fremont, NE. Fuji Astia.

A four unit helper set spliced by a fuel tank car is coupled ahead of the road power on an eastbound manifest reaching the top of the long grade from Crawford at Belmont, NE. The cut behind the he... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s (BN 7882 and 7819) and a C30-7 (BN 5052) – typical coal train power at the time - lead a loaded coal train through the Sandhills of Nebraska. About fifteen miles (24 km) east ... (more)

A sizeable block of Conrail boxcars follows BN and Santa Fe locomotives on a westbound crossing the UP Coffeyville Sub diamonds at Sheffield interlocking, KCMO.

The unabated decomposition of a once mighty machine marches on. Originally built in the 1950s, these classically styled products of General Motors were the "A" listers of the commuter lo... (more)

It was a crowded avenue through the Sandhills while BNSF was busy adding double track but still had lengthy single track sections amidst the volume of coal traffic at the time. Hence BN 6780 West ... (more)