On a dark, cold, snowless Wisconsin winter day, Burlington Northern’s specially-painted EMD SD60M No. 1991 to honor U.S. troops serving in Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War. A large seal of t... (more)

BN 1991, which was painted in a red, white, and blue scheme as a tribute to the troops that participated in Operation Desert Storm, is seen on the point of an empty coal train which is about to ar... (more)

BN Desert Storm unit brings a Soo Line (ex-MILW) freight thru the Milwaukee Depot in January of 1995.

BN Desert Storm unit #1991 is a ways from home rails as it switches out some cars on the Soo Line (ex-MILW) mainline in Milwaukee. The unit still looks good in this shot from 1995.

Looking a little worse for wear BN's Desert Storm painted SD60M visited BNSF's exSanta Fe Hobart yard in LA

Burlington Northern's specially painted engine for the Gulf War heads South through Colorado Springs leading a pair of GE B30-7AB B-units.

BNSF’s westbound manifest freight that operates on the Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is westbound on the approach to Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on April 5, 1999. Leading the... (more)

Burlington Northern's patriotically-painted SD60M no. 1991 takes on an almost ghostly appearance as it rolls east away from the setting sun west of Rozet, Wyoming in July 1991. A pretty wicked sto... (more)

Rare sight in Abo Canyon
A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train crosses Bridge 872.2 in Abo Canyon near Sais, New Mexico, on May 21, 1999. The specially-painted Burlington... (more)

January 17 marks the anniversary of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. This image shows the patriotic SD60M BN painted for the occasion rolling back to Montana with coal empties from Superior, Wiscon... (more)

A little red, white and blue . . . an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train snakes through the curves at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on June 29, 1994. The train is led by specially-painted SD6... (more)

A Burlington Northern coal train snakes through the curves at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on June 29, 1994. The train is led by specially-painted SD60M No. 1991 to honor U.S. troops serving in Op... (more)

Originally to be delivered as Burlington Northern No. 9297, BN SD60M No. 1991 was specially decorated to honor U.S. troops serving in Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War. On the sides of the lo... (more)

CN Train 383 through Windsor always seemed to have surprises for us, especially when new locomotives from the GMDD plant in London were on delivery. BN SD60M #1991 was en route to the BN in Chica... (more)