For several years, Canadian National’s route to Chicago from the northwest was via trackage rights over Burlington Northern, with this changing over to Wisconsin Central trackage rights and even... (more)

A recently refurbished SD60 sits in the late afternoon sun just east of the diamonds in Savanna. Ex-SOO 6024 (b/d 3/89).

BN train 103 cruises along the Mississippi River just west of Savanna, Illinois, on the afternoon of April 7, 1990. BN GP39M No. 2830 is former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD GP30 No. 944 built ... (more)

The evening Seattle stack flies along the Mississippi River with four of BNs attention grabbing GEs up front… seen here from the Mississippi Palisades State Park.

On the autumn day of October 25, 1992, a Burlington Northern taconite ore train headed for Granite City, near East St. Louis, follows the bank of the Mississippi River at Savanna, Illinois. The mi... (more)

At 5:56 p.m. on April 27, 1991, Burlington Northern train 204 heads east along the “Ol’ Man River” and Mississippi Palisades State Park as it rolls toward Savanna, Illinois. The train is led... (more)

Burlington Northern train 3 softly reflects in the Mississippi River as it heads west of Savanna, Illinois, late in the afternoon of April 3, 1993. Trailing the BN EMD SD40-2 leading the train are... (more)

A short eastbound Burlington Northern ‘Expediter’ intermodal train, pulled by lone EMD GP50 No. 3151, approaches Savanna, Illinois, in a view from Mississippi Palisades State Park on September... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight is about to thump across the diamond as it passes the creaky, old tower guarding the Milwaukee Road crossing of the BN at Savanna, Illinois, in November 19... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 6795 leads train 12 eastbound along the bank of the Mississippi River as it approaches Savanna, Illinois, at 4:10 p.m. on October 19, 1996. Trailing units are LM... (more)

Soo Line train 220 heads east out of Savanna, Illinois, at 12:25 p.m. on October 24, 1992. The railroad’s abandoned, former Milwaukee Road yard at Savanna is still populated by a large assortmen... (more)

The angled nose of Canadian National EMD SD40 No. 5220, a trailing unit on CN train 348 at Savanna, Illinois, on Burlington Northern’s C&I line on the afternoon of August 21, 1994.

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight has followed the Mississippi River since departing the crew change point of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and is now approaching Savanna, Illinois on July 20, 1991... (more)

On October 24, 1992, the Soo Line’s abandoned, former Milwaukee Road yard at Savanna, Illinois, is still populated by a large assortment of Soo and Milwaukee cars awaiting a date with the cuttin... (more)

Westbound mixed freight runs along the Mississippi River just outside of Savanna, Illinois.