A local heads through the trees and around the curves of Lake Sammamish as it heads south toward Issaquah, the end of the branch where it occasionally would visit to serve a lumber distribution ya... (more)

A trio of torpedo tube GP9s led by BN 1866 have a good roll on a southbound freight just south of Auburn, WA, heading to Tacoma and points south. The trio are all former NP locos. This former NP m... (more)

BN 5617 and 5663 pair up with some X-NP F9s at BN's former GN Harrison St. engine facilities in March 1974. BN 5617 was NP 2517, built in June 1965 and retired in March 1981. BN 5663 was CB&Q 575,... (more)

BN 2235 and 5412 wait for an assignment at BN's North La Crosse, WI engine facilities in February 1974. BN 2235 is former CB&Q 958 built in June 1962. BN 5412 is former GN 2512 built in May 1965.

In a view is from an impressive overlook in Grandad Bluff Park, Burlington Northern “Expediter” intermodal train 42 rolls past—actually through part of—the Forest Hills Public Golf Course ... (more)

A light rain was falling at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility when I began taking this photo of the wide variety of old locomotives stored there. Suddenly, the silence was broken as CSX 420... (more)

A little St. Patty's Day green in the form of BN 5020 leading a westbound on the former Burlington Route at Greenwood, NE, enroute Lincoln and beyond. A GP50 and LMX B39-8 trail.

Shoving up the hill
A quartet of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s work their guts out, pushing hard on a heavy unit coal train climbing the big horseshoe curve below Belmont on Nebraska�... (more)

Montana is famous for their Two Medicine Bridge and Jens barn props, but we had one in Washington as well. Here BN 6485 leads a classic SD45/F45/SD40-2s mix upgrade through Chumstick Canyon west o... (more)

In yet another throw back to Great Northern, a work train roll west toward Stevens Pass crossing the Wenatchee River one of three times at Dryden, WA. BN 8015 leads a long hood first elephant styl... (more)

Prior to the BNSF, BN regularly used helpers on Stevens Pass. In the mid-1980s crews were protected by these BioPaks, one per crew member. Helpers were cut in near the rear or on the back of train... (more)

Plenty of St. Patrick's Day green covers the Cascades' east slopes in May 1984 as BN 6432 grinds its heavy westbound train up the 1 percent grade out of the Wenatchee River Valley at Peshastin, WA... (more)

On September 17, 1994, a Burlington Northern local is about to depart Rochelle, Illinois. Leading the train is BN EMD GP9 No. 1977, a former Spokane, Portland & Seattle locomotive built by EMD in ... (more)

A Burlington Northern local heads east into Oregon, Illinois, on the morning of July 1, 1995. Leaving the C&I (Chicago & Iowa) main line on the right is the 6.8-mile Mount Morris branch.

A visit to the Vancouver, BC area netted this pleasant surprise, a pair of rare NW5s handling yard switching duties in New Westminster yard. These 1000 HP switchers were part of an order for 10 by... (more)