BN-3 leads the Bilevel train back to the East Union depot at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Just another BN coal empty with a typical five SD40-2's up front along with a fuel tender was heading northbound back to the Wyoming coal fields near Walker.

A SD9 on the Zephyr?
Well, not really. In earlier years, a switcher was used at Denver Union Station, and in this view, Burlington Northern SD9 No. 6231 is adding filthy Rio Grande GP40-... (more)

Burlington Northern GP38-2 2276, the former Frisco 421, shows off its new paint job in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 23, 1983. Just two months prior to this date, this engine was still wearing... (more)

6236 switches in the Burlington Northern yard at Denver.

Ex-NP SW7.........

It's always a thrill to see a caboose on the rear of a train. This BN caboose is still in really nice shape as it heads across the diamond at Saginaw on the rear of a northbound local.

After about an hour and a half of switching work at Joliet, the L CHI105 was departing for Galesburg with a very neat lash-up. Of note in the lash are the two BN Cascade green SD40-2's. The clouds... (more)

Adam Farence Photo

A southbound Burlington Northern coal train led by BN EMD SD60M No. 9225 followed by a trio of SD40-2s grinds upgrade through Sedalia on Colorado’s Joint Line on May 20, 1991.

Following Little Prickly Pear Creek, Burlington Northern’s Helena local approaches Sieben, Montana, on August 25, 1993. This train is traveling from Great Falls to Helena on BN’s highly scenic Hel... (more)

BN 6234, a late phase SD9, is shown parked at Osceola where it is available for tourist train service. The Minnesota Transportation Museum unit dates back to Burlingtion subsidiary Colorado & Sout... (more)

A Burlington Northern grain train climbs Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on August 28, 1993. BN GE C30-7 No. 5022 leads a sister C30-7 and two EMD SD40-2s on the head end, while a four-unit m... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD GP38-2 No. 2353 leads a southbound freight through Tunnel 4 in rugged Wind River Canyon just south of Dornick, Wyoming, on October 13, 1997.

An ex-Great Northern unit is on BN's Sweet Home Logger, switching the mill at Foster. This is the end of the former Oregon Electric branch from Albany.