As the BN started getting DP-AC power, they started messing around with DP-ing heavy units trains across their network. Late in 1995 they started testing stuff out on their taconite trains out of ... (more)

The BNSF was just beginning to experiment with DP power and their MAC's on heavy trains. One of the test trains were on these Granite City taconite trains. Here NT400 pulls into Galesburg off the ... (more)

BN 9715 leads younger brother 9595 West on an empty coal drag.