Burlington Northern SD40-2 6900 at Belknap St Roundhouse in Superior August 1976. This SD40-2 was built in March 1973 as BN 6364 and became BNSF 6922. At the time of this photo, the SD40-2 model w... (more)

Burlington Northern GP9 No. 1858 and Fort Worth & Denver caboose No. 185 are assigned to local service at Mendota, Illinois, and wait for their next call of duty on the night of August 24, 1991. B... (more)

Burlington Northern F9A 770 leads train 126 at Northtown Yard in Minneapolis March 1974. The 770 was built as Northern Pacific 6701-A in August 1956 and was numbered in the passenger number series... (more)

Six EMD SD70MACs lead a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train west on Union Pacific‘s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision at Rollinsville, Colorado, on October 3, 2001. Before the train loaded... (more)

In this view at Plainview is a BNSF trackage rights train with an eclectic merger consist climbing the Front Range on a summer afternoon.

Burlington Northern F9A 794 leading a train through Rices Point Yard as a DWP transfer waits in the clear at Duluth October 1976. This train likely originated at Bridge Yard in downtown Duluth and... (more)

Burlington Northern SD45 6459 and three other units in a colorful lashup at Galesburg Yard August 1970. BN 6459 was built as CB&Q 518 in January 1969 and is wearing the pre merger BN scheme. Other... (more)

1997 was an exciting year to be trackside along the Wisconsin Central. In addition to their own rolling museum of EMD power, frequent visitors from other railroads would show up. Here at North Fon... (more)

Burlington Northern RS1 953 lugging coal loads for the power plant in West Duluth October 1970. Built as Northern Pacific 158 in August 1945 and renumber NP 803 in 1956. Retired in May 1972 and so... (more)

Burlington Northern GP5 1363 at Wilmar MN July 1972. Built as Great Northern 913 in February 1959 from retired FT-B 422C. GN 913 was the only GP5 out of the sixteen on the roster to wear Big Sky B... (more)

A BN manifest train just left Lynn siding south of Aguilar. It rolls north towards Pueblo.

Burlington Northern F7A 650 at Belknap Roundhouse in Superior May 1970. BN 650 was built in April 1952 as Great Northern 315C and was sold to Precision National in December 1972. J. David Ingles P... (more)

Burlington Northern Electric Trailer ET-2 at Vancouver WA July 1974. ET-2 was built in May 1960 as Northern Pacific ET-2 from retired VO660 650. NP built 3 Electric Trailers and mated them to SW12... (more)

Burlington Northern SD7 6019 at Cloquet MN May 1973. Built as Great Northern 569 in April 1953 and rebuilt in June 1968 at Dale St. after suffering fire damage in Superior on September 4, 1967. On... (more)

Burlington Northern S4 919 switching in Duluth MN April 1971. BN 919 was built as NP 719 in May 1953 and retired in May 1973. There are a couple hallmarks of the NP on display with this unit inclu... (more)