A couple of BN workmen give E8 No. 9947 a ride on the turntable at Interbay Yard. They're helping prepare the silver lady for her next Amtrak assignment on a Seatlle-Portland train. Eventually she... (more)

BN 2081 makes its way out of the yard as it heads for the Oregon Trunk.

A pair of SW1500s delivered the previous January pulls a train out of the yard for switching.

A classic branch line locomotive, BN (ex-GN) NW5 No. 987 sits outside the Interbay Shops in Seattle.

A variety of locomotives, including many Alcos, get needed attention at the Vancouver Shops.

BN SD9 No. 6126 brings a long string of Oregon, California and Eastern lumber cars into the yard under a sky filled with clouds.

EMDs idle on the turntable tracks in front of their roundhouse stalls. The big 45 was built as Northern Pacific No. 3601.

BN SD45 No. 6418, wrecked in a derailment near Skykomish, WA, in 1972, sits in the yard in a sad state. The SD45 is ex-NP No. 3618.

BN 724, an F7 along with two former NP Geeps roll an intermodal transfer towards Balmer Yard along the Seattle-Portland mainline on Seattle's south side. The signal to the left protects the Pacifi... (more)

Five years into the BN merger, Delta Yard at Everett, WA still showed hints of the past. A fairly new BN SW1500 is joined by older GN and NP EMD switchers, and some repainted Geeps. Great Northern... (more)

A BN transfer headed for Portland roils out of the yard as it heads for the Columbia River Bridge.

NW2 No. 459 idles not far from downtown Seattle.

BN 1796 still in Great Northern's simplified scheme is partnered with F9B 805 and BN 1790, a repainted former GN Geep, at Wenatchee, WA, June 8, 1974. This was my first visit to Wenatchee, done wh... (more)

Late in the afternoon, BN 2081 departs Klamath Falls Yard for points north.

One year after the merger creating the Burlington Northern, NP’s former “North Coast Limited” Train 26 is eastbound near Willow Creek, Montana, with two repainted F units. BN units 9824, 98... (more)