BN 5383 leads the Nebraska Zephyr onto the IRM mainline during diesel days 2019.

Burlington Northern GP9M 1350 switching the flour mills in East End Superior October 1976. The 1350 was built as Great Northern 900 in February 1958 with parts from retired GN FT 249B. The prime m... (more)

Burlington Northern SD9 6107 and SD9 6114 are seen switching Bridge Yard in downtown Duluth May 1975. SD7/9s were pretty uncommon for switching duties in Duluth on the BN. These six axle EMD roads... (more)

Burlington Northern SD7 6017 sits in front of the Allouez Yard Office in July 1975. By this time on the BN, old paint locomotives were getting fewer and fewer with each passing year. Luckily Super... (more)

Burlington Northern SD7 6008 resting on the dirt house tracks at Belknap Roundhouse in Superior September 1973. The 6008 was built as Great Northern 558 in May 1952 and wore two of the three GN pa... (more)

Burlington Northern GP9 1818 resting in the Old Town Yard in Superior's East End. Built as Great Northern 666 in March 1954, this was one of the few geeps assigned to the Mesabi Division while wor... (more)

Fifteen SD45s (516-530) were ordered for the CB&Q as the BN merger was coming together in 1968 and were delivered in January 1969, in pre-merger BN green and white Livery. BN renumbered them 6457... (more)

BN 714, former NP 6008D, enjoys some of its last days on BN property. The F7A was sold to Jos. Simon & Sons March 28, 1973. However, BN 714 lived on as a number, replaced by former SP&S no. 803.

Former CB&Q GP20, BN no. 2042, waits for an assignment at North La Crosse at the former Burlington roundhouse alongside a row of freight car wheels. Except for the renumbering, the unit remains pu... (more)

A pair of former CB&Q NW2s rolls a very short transfer job east on the former Great Northern mainline on the north side of the GN station. Most likely its bringing a car from Lyndale yard back to ... (more)

A pair of X-GN F45s mate up with a former CB&Q SD45 at Cicero, IL on a dreary March day in 1974. Newer BN units are in the background along with an older GE unit.

The former Great Northern depot at Mora, MN shows off its Big Sky Blue trim two years after the BN merger. It eventually got BN green trim, and still stands today although the track is now gone. T... (more)

BN 6117, former Great Northern SD9 no. 590, sits at Brook Park, MN. The engineer is relaxing in the cab while the morning Badger arrives and lets off a couple passengers on its way to Duluth. In t... (more)

BN SW1 no. 93 prepares to lead a short local run from North La Crosse yard into downtown La Crosse to switch industries in the city. The switcher shows off an amazingly clean rendition of CB&Q's ... (more)