BN EMD GP39M No. 2805 leads westbound “Expediter” train 41 out of Savanna, Illinois, on the afternoon of October 13, 1990. The first few rebuilds of GP30s into GP39Ms by Morrison-Knudsen in 19... (more)
Before Union Pacific, and probably Southern Pacific too, the wash rack at Burnham Shops cleaned countless Rio Grande locomotives and passenger cars over the years. the earliest buildings at the Bu... (more)
Built in 1874, the shops and yard at Burnham, located a couple of miles south of downtown Denver, Colorado, were the main shop facilities for Rio Grande. In this later view on December 7, 2015, Un... (more)
Machinists in Union Pacific’s backshop at Burnham Shops prepare to remove a generator from the 4,400 hp 7FDL16 prime mover of UP GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5687 during the locomotive’s overhaul on De... (more)
Two Oakway Leasing EMD SD60s, along with a pair of Cascade green locomotives, pull a Burlington Northern coal train toward Belmont and the summit of Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on July 9, 1994.