Passing milepost 107 on the Colorado & Southern line that treks south to Denver, a Burlington Northern coal train crosses the Wyoming state line into Colorado on July 5, 1989.

BN 2885 leads a northbound freight out of Burlington Northern's ( ex -Northern Pacific ) yard in Tacoma Washington.

A Burlington Northern coal empty approaches the top of the grade at Palmer Lake on Colorado’s Joint Line on the afternoon of July 8, 1985. Four GE C30-7s lead a lone EMD SD40-2 as power for the ... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 6908 leads an eastbound BNSF train at East Toole, near St. Regis, Montana, on the afternoon of September 3, 1999.

Powered by a pair of EMD SD40-2s, an eastbound Burlington Northern intermodal train follows a frozen Mississippi River into Savanna, Illinois, on the afternoon of January 30, 1993.

A westbound Burlington Northern/Metra commuter train, led by BN E9 No. 9906, is panned past the park at the station at Highlands, Illinois, on June 18, 1989.

Beginning the arduous climb over Mullan Pass is Burlington Northern train 123 at Tobin, just west of Helena, Montana, on September 10, 1995. A portion of the city of Helena can be seen in the back... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe train 144 hustles past the Trempealeau Marina along the Mississippi River at Trempealeau, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1996. Almost looking like a BN train, the Santa Fe EMD... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD E9 cab units line up on Metra commuter trains paused for the weekend at Hill Yard in Aurora, Illinois, on the afternoon of June 8, 1991.

New aluminum coal gons glow in the afternoon sunshine as a Burlington Northern coal train rolls through a curve west of Lyons, North Dakota, on August 10, 1991. The train is led by equally-new BN ... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD7 No. 6054 sits stored at the railroad’s locomotive facility in Clyde Yard at Cicero, Illinois, in November 1983. The locomotive was built in December 1952 as Chicago, ... (more)

Burlington Northern second train 2 proceeds past some colorful autumn colors on the bluffs lining the tracks at La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 14, 1989. Both locomotives are rebuilt, with GP39M ... (more)

Heading southwesterly on the Burlington Northern Fourth Subdivision main line from Galesburg to West Quincy (and eventually, Kansas City) is a BN freight at Saluda, Illinois, on August 27, 1989. T... (more)

One reason I like the BN Grinstein green color is its similarity to Pennsy's Brunswick green. Although the BN color is more overtly green, in certain light it can appear black - as did PRR's "... (more)

Wide cab SD60M No. 9280 comes rolling down the main through Ashland, NE as a standard cab SD60 sits on the siding with a work train. The Oakway (EMD leasing) SD60s were slowly being relegated to m... (more)