The white face scheme sure looked great new. This became BN's scheme in 1989 to improve visibility. An eastbound freight is about to CTC Savanna and will either head east on the C&I or south on th... (more)

The upgrade from the SD60, was the SD60M in 1989. BN was the first one to order 50 units that started delivery in December 1989 with #9200-9249. BN went with a 2nd order that began delivery in Jan... (more)

The upgrade from the SD60, was the SD60M in 1989. BN was the first one to order 50 units that started delivery in December 1989 with #9200-9249. BN went with a 2nd order that began delivery in Jan... (more)

As more MACs got delivered, the BNSF used them on longer ore trains that ran out of Minnesota's Iron Range. Here a trio of MACs roll down the Aurora Sub with ore bound for Granite City. The train ... (more)

My mother and I made a lot of trips to Galesburg when I was in my teens. The place had plenty of action, and one could see just about anything. Railroad Days became a favorite of ours too. Here a ... (more)

Man, to have a GP 39 and a GP 9 on a hotshot without any fuel restrictions would be the trip nowadays. Back in the early 90s it was just another day. A westbound intermodal train rolls through Eas... (more)

The local is running around their cars at East Dubuque as an eastbound comes by on main #1. Scanned slide from February 1997.

In the early 1990s, standard power was so common on the railroad that people got tired of seeing it all the time, just like it is today. On the BN, a majority of trains were powered by two or thre... (more)

A pair of jeeps get this hot traffic moving again at East Burke on the BN 2nd Sub. Burke is the 1st siding east of Savanna. The train just met a westbound stacker and will now continue on the roug... (more)

Once the BN got their 2 orders of SD60s in 1989/1991, they threw them into heavy unit trains service. Alot of them went into coal service, but eventually some ended up in taconite service as well ... (more)

Hoem and servicing location for the executive train in those days.

Burlington Northern 7502, built as BN SD40-2 #6812, rebuilt by BN 11/84 to SD40-2B following wreck damage. Photo taken August 25, 1986 at BN's Denver yard, Denver, Colorado.

In town on business (why else, LOL) I did have a great day of railfanning and caught a green barn on rails. I was also there in February. August is better.

Derelict but largely intact these two old dinosaurs caused a quick u turn when spotted them where we certainly didn’t’t expect them.

Frisco had four SD38-2 locomotives, two with dynamic brakes and two without. In 1980 the BN took over and a paint out and renumbering occurred. Here it is in its short livery, but I think the Fris... (more)