BNSF 1680 (SD40-2) works the Denver Yard sorting freight cars.

It’s been nearly 21 years since the Burlington Northern ceased to exist as an independent Class I railroad after its merger with Santa Fe in 1996. Although, with one of its numerous SD40-2 locos ... (more)

Former Burlington Northern engine 1680 (SD40-2) shows the other engines who's boss in the Denver Yard.

A couple of 'old school' units sit in the BNSF engine servicing yard for an assignment.

A BNSF transfer job behind a pair of BN green SD40-2s passes the UP (former Rio Grande) North Yard office and tower.

Four former Burlington Northern engines accompany two former AT&SF units as they wait for service in the BNSF's Denver engine facility.

The Cascade Green Burlington Northern paint on BNSF 1680 (SD40-2) still looks pretty good after 45 years. The unit was built for the BN in March of 1973, when Richard Nixon was President and gas ... (more)

A former Santa Fe bluebonnet rests in Temple, TX.

The geese are flying as BNSF 1680 and 1984 (both former BN SD40-2's) head into the Denver Yard to sort freight cars.

Former BN #1680 (SD40-2) gets repositioned in the Denver Yard to grab another cut of freight cars for sorting.

A pair of veteran BN units, with a combined 97 years of service, wait for orders to go shuffle freight cars in the Denver Yard. BNSF 1680 was built in 1973 for the Burlington Northern and BNSF 28... (more)

Having spent the morning switching the Swan Ranch Railroad interchange at Speer, WY BNSF's Swan Ranch local returns to town behind a pair of former BN SD40-2s. The train is approaching the old 'C&... (more)

It's a good day when you can find a couple of original former BN cascade green SD40-2's in the Denver engine servicing yard. 1680 was built in March of 1973 and BNSF 1933 was built in January of ... (more)

A pair of cascade green SD40-2s bring BNSF's returning Swan Ranch Local back to Cheyenne, crossing the 'C&S' bridge over old US30 and Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision at Tower A (west Cheyenne)... (more)

BNSF 1680 (SD40-2) makes a late evening run from the UP's 36th Street Yard and takes an oil can train to the Denver Yard.