DENVER CO Oct 4 1983 — BN GP20 2021 awaits its fate. The unit is former Great Northern 2021 (b/n 26289). It was delivered in November 1960. BN retired it in November 1981. My photo.

The Shields River Valley Railway built a 22-mile line, completed in 1909, north from a connection on the Northern Pacific at Mission, Montana, to serve the agricultural communities of Grannis, Cha... (more)

An eastbound coal load, led by Burlington Northern EMD SD60MAC No. 9500 along with a pair of newer BN/BNSF SD70MACs, slowly grinds upgrade toward the top of Crawford Hill at Belmont, Nebraska, on ... (more)

Devastating flooding in Montana almost took out this bridge in June 2022. Completed in 1909, Shields River Valley Railway built this 22-mile line north from a connection on the Northern Pacific at... (more)

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD60Ms lays over in the Soo Line’s locomotive facility at Portage, Wisconsin, in a view from the cab of Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 357 leading the eastbound Empire Bu... (more)

Widening the throttle out of Rochelle: A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD9s intensify their chant as they pull a welded rail train over the Union pacific (former Chicago & North Western) diamond... (more)

The A-B-A set of Burlington Northern executives kicks off Diesel Days 2022 as they lead the 11:30 coach past East Switch.

Burlington Northern “Expediter” train 46 flies eastbound toward Somonauk, Illinois, on the frigid winter day of February 17, 1990. Leading the train is BN GP39M No. 2800, rebuilt from CB&Q GP3... (more)

BN E9 3 leads the Nebraska Zephyr East past East Switch on a rare winter run.

A Burlington Northern freight operating between Whitefish and Great Falls cruises through Bison Montana, skirting the scenic mountains of Glacier National Park on the morning of February 29, 1992.

BN E9 3 pulls the Nebraska Zephyr onto the car line for headroom in the snow.

BN GP39M 2804 heads east as it's about to hit the diamond at Rochelle. The 2804 is somewhat interesting in regards to GP30's. It was one of eight GP30's built for the SP as their 7402.

On July 3, 1989, an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train rolls through a curve east Newcastle, Wyoming. Powering the train are Cascade green BN EMD SD40-2 No. 6736, leading a quartet of GE loc... (more)

BUTTE MT Sept 26 1978 — Burlington Northern GP30 2215 is idled by a nationwide railroad strike. EMD built the unit in May 1963 as Great Northern 3015 and delivered it in Simple Empire Builder pa... (more)

The storm that left a skiff of snow in its wake still shrouds the peaks of Glacier National Park in light snow and fog on the morning of March 1, 1992. In a different look at a popular location, T... (more)