A trio of new Burlington Northern EMD SD70MAC locomotives that were built to haul coal, grind upgrade as they approach the top of Crawford Hill at Belmont, Nebraska, on July 9, 1994.

A Burlington Northern commuter train, also known locally as a “dinky”, ducks under the signal bridge at Naperville, Illinois, on the afternoon of April 15, 1989. We are 26.2 miles west of Chic... (more)

Burlington Northern train 120 follows water’s edge as it negotiates Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. For power, a pair of BN EMD SD40-2... (more)

This southbound long-range local has a new crew and is about to resume its trek. A few miles south of Fort Scott, at a spot called Edward - population one switch and zero people - the train will ... (more)

Former Frisco 6680 is in familiar territory as it leads Portland to Birmingham freight under the Mississippi River bridge. Folks have told me this was not the routing for PBF/BPX, but the train i... (more)

BN “Expediter” intermodal train 42, on the right, speeds by local power at Rochelle, Illinois, on the afternoon of August 12, 1995. BN No. 1592 is a former Northern Pacific EMD GP18 (No. 377) ... (more)

Visiting BN power takes an empty unit coal train north on the joint MP/SSW river line.

A loaded Burlington Northern coal train holds down the siding at Berea, Nebraska, on the morning of July 24, 1992. Lead locomotive GE C30-7 No. 5057 has been repainted in BN’s “whiteface” pa... (more)

A trio of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s in a helper set, shove hard on the rear of an eastbound BN coal train as they curve past Breezy Point west of Belmont on Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on Jul... (more)

Two Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 pusher locomotives give some help to westbound loaded grain train G05 as it crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, on October 8, 1996. With five C... (more)

A quartet of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s and a cabless GE B30-7A B unit, power westbound unit grain train G05 across Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana. The Cascade green train stand... (more)

Intermodal train 7, led by Burlington Northern SD40-2 No. 8075, exits Tunnel 3.9 and is about to enter Tunnel 4, east of Belton, Montana, on October 9, 1996. The train is running along the Middle ... (more)

It was springtime in Powder River Basin the day before, but on May 13, 1995, it was like winter as two Burlington Northern coal trains meet at Reno Junction, Wyoming, during a late snowfall.

A Burlington Northern coal train, led by a pair of Cascade green EMD SD40-2s and a pair of Oakway Leasing EMD SD60s, climbs into the large horseshoe curve on Crawford Hill below Belmont, Nebraska,... (more)

On July 3, 1989, a short Burlington Northern Crawford local crests the top of Crawford Hill at Belmont, Nebraska. Most, if not all, of the cars are going to be interchanged at Crawford with Chicag... (more)