Light helpers wait for a northbound intermodal to roll through Palmer Lake, Co.

First light highlights a southbound freight at Palmer Lake, Co.

Adam Farence Photo

The early morning light highlights a northbound empty hopper train just north of Palmer Lake.

On May 9, 1997, an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train skirts the shore of the Mississippi River at Glen Haven, Wisconsin. The train is powered by three Burlington Northern EMD... (more)

Adam Farence Photo.

Having seen the recent influx of former Burlington Northern SD70MACs that have gone out to the lease pool, I went back in the archives to find when some of the units were brand spanking new… here ... (more)

Colorful consist

Adam Farence Photo.

Adam Farence Photo.

Rare NW5 in Minneapolis. Once again I don't have a location for my father's picture, but perhaps the water tower is a hint for someone. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Things seemed so quaint, so comparatively recently. While many mainlines maintained their distinctive signal systems of predecessor roads, now the scene has largely been transmuted to a generic bl... (more)

BN 7092 leads two more BN and four SP motor south on a coal train through Academy siding on the Joint Line. Power for the consist was BN 7092, BN 5119, BN 5027, SP 9226, SP 8993, SP 9109 and SP 9... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD F45 No. 6613 sits on the wye at the locomotive facility at Chicago & North Western’s yard in Butler, Wisconsin, in January 1984. This cowl was Great Northern No. 440, the r... (more)