BN 644, a F7A wearing big sky blue paint, leads a northbound train into Vancouver, Washington, in May of 1976. Original Slide. Rob Gottier Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

Three SDP40s and an SD9 lead the Coors turn. It's been a while, but I believe they have finished their work at the brewery and are returning to Denver.

A former St. Louis & San Francisco (Frisco) bay-window caboose is assigned to Burlington Northern’s local out of Kelly Lake, Minnesota, on October 19, 1985. Frisco was merged into BN on November... (more)

Kind of out in the middle of nowhere, loads hold for empties to clear in the early days on the PRB boom.

A pair each of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s and Oakway EMD SD60s power a westbound BN coal empty along the North Platte River just west of Wendover, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 8, 1994.

Just south of Fort Scott there is a zero population/railroad-only place called Edward, where the ex-Frisco mainline splits, with one track heading to SL-SF hub Springfield, MO, the other to Afton,... (more)

A quartet of EMD SD40-2s pull a westbound Burlington Northern coal train through Wendover Canyon just west of Wendover, Wyoming, on July 8, 1994.

A pair of EMD SD40-2s bracket a trio of GE C30-7s as power on a westbound Burlington Northern coal train winding its way along the North Platte River through Wendover Canyon between Wendover and C... (more)

A sea of stainless steel
On a weekend, a gaggle of Burlington Northern “Dinky” commuter trains lay over in a crowded Hill Yard at Aurora, Illinois, on April 16, 1988.

Tom Golden photo.

Just in time for its 10th birthday, ex-SL-SF GP38AC 638 gets a new number and a little 'BN' stenciled below the cab window. The low January afternoon sun really warms up the Frisco colors, but th... (more)

The Powder River coal boom resulted in many cooperative arrangements between companies that were more typically competitors, as illustrated by this scene of BN and C&NW power being combined at the... (more)

A BNSF local freight, led by Burlington Northern EMD GP15-1 No. 1390. is about to roll through a curve after crossing the bridge over the Shoshone River at Lovell, Wyoming, on September 2, 1998. B... (more)

Burlington Northern SD9 No. 6100 rests overnight at Rochelle, Illinois, on February 17, 1996. The vintage locomotive was built by EMD In February 1954 as Great Northern No. 573, equipped without d... (more)

The sun sets as BN 1 departs East Union Depot with the Coach train, seen here passing East Switch.