A BN caboose brings up the rear of the 2nd La Mirada at Fullerton.

Burlington Northern train 203 gets passed by a BN “dinky” commuter train at Eola, Illinois, on the afternoon of June 11, 1988. Leading the freight is EMD GP40-2 No. 3055, while the commuter tr... (more)

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD60Ms, followed by a BN SD40-2, pull an eastbound coal train through the rugged Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on October 5, 1996.

When inspecting Burlington Northern’s busy First Sub of the Chicago Division, you still have keep one’s wits about you, even on a weekend when there are fewer commuter trains. The track inspec... (more)

Geraniums are neatly planted along the platform at Hinsdale, Illinois, making the pleasant spring afternoon feel even more like summer on May 28, 1992. Burlington Northern’s busy triple track ma... (more)

Passing under the wooden overpass of S. Burlington Road, Burlington Northern train 13 curves through a cut west of Oregon, Illinois, on April 1, 1989. Hustling the intermodal train destined for Po... (more)

Burlington Northern’s executive passenger train passes a weed sprayer work train at Yates City, Illinois, on June 24, 1995, giving participants of the annual Galesburg Railroad Days a ride on th... (more)

In Burlington Northern’s sprawling Galesburg Yard, locomotives and freight cars always seem to be on the move at this important crossroads facility. In front of a wall of stacked BN shipping con... (more)

Burlington Northern Alco C636 4364 rests at the roads Portland Yard late on a dreary fall day. These are former Spokane Portland and Seattle units

Tom Golden photo.

Beginning its trek across the country to Seattle, Burlington Northern train 3 passes the old passenger station at Rochelle, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 16, 1992. BN EMD SD40-2 No. 7217 and a... (more)

A westbound BN train, led by 8163, has stopped at the Cottonwood Creek bridge in Deer Lodge, Montana. Included in the interesting consist is BN 6761, 1709, 1819, 1717, 1758, and 8173. The building... (more)

BN 6802 leads a westbound manifest train out of tunnel 9 on the famous Tehachapi Loop.

A westbound mixed manifest, led by BN 8087, rolls through the small farming community of Haigler, which is located near the Nebraska - Kansas - Colorado border.

Due to a major concrete tie project in the Columbia River Gorge, many Burlington Northern trains detoured on Union Pacific in March 1990. This detour is approaching The Dalles, as a BN train on h... (more)