Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 and is meeting train No. 431 led by a Soo SD60 at Green Island, Iowa, on... (more)

BN 6110 and 9819 twirl around the turntable at Superior, Wis. before heading to the wash rack. BN 6110 is former GN 583, an SD9; BN 9819 is former NP 7010C/6709B an F9B that would be renumbered th... (more)

BN 6607 and mate pick up a switcher at North La Crosse, WI. BN 6607 was formerly GN F45 No. 434, and shows off its fresh new paint. I could smell the fresh paint on this unit and suspect it was it... (more)

BN gained access to Winona via the Green Bay & Western bridge over the Mississippi River from Wisconsin. They operated a small yard and switched some industries. BN 94 is former CBQ 9150 and was r... (more)

Deconstruction of a U-Boat

Highball Highlands!
A westbound Burlington Northern intermodal train flies through Highlands, Illinois, on April 18, 1987. Leading the train is GP50 No. 3161, followed by a fuel tender,... (more)

Freshly painted SD9 6107 leads a special passenger train at Iron River on BN's Ashland branch. This train operated for the Arrowhead Civic Club and underprivileged children from Duluth. It is like... (more)

Interesting former GN (ex-Army) plow enjoys the summer weather before winter hits. I believe this plow was sold to the RRV&W.

One of a handful of ex GN EMD SDP40's on the BN roster pulls eastbound at La Crosse with 8035 and TOFC traffic in this late evening 1980 shot.

Ex GN 666 rests at Vancouver in this shot from my collection. No photographer listed on slide.

In this photo from my collection BN 4193 leads two more ex NP RS-11"s and a SP&S FA on a westbound manifest at Pasco.

I'm not even sure it's Washington. Nothing on the slide. Is that an enhanced cab heater or what behind the cab.

Looks like it was a snowy trip across the Dakota's and Minnesota for this train, back in 1996 you could still drive into facilities like Midwest Energy in Superior and and take pictures of trains ... (more)

BN 1941 and 1891 at Bemidji in this shot from my collection. With the huge amount of units from NP/GN/CB&Q/SP&S that BN inherited on merger day in 1970 it was a number of years until they all ende... (more)

The EMPIRE BUILDER sits at Minot on a bitter cold February night. The BN dome coach wears Great northern's Big Sky Blue .