Two year old Burlington Northern started to modernize their switch engine fleet choosing EMD SW1000 locos to replace aging Alco and EMD switchers. The also inherited a few GN SW1500s and would gai... (more)

Two year old Burlington Northern was starting to build its own identity in motive power with the acquisition of SD40-2s of which they would acquire the largest roster in the US. This consist shows... (more)

A westbound drag freight climbs the Chumstick cutoff grade west of Leavenworth with a pair of F9s on the point and vintage Geeps supporting, with more old EMD power on the rear as helpers. The gra... (more)

BN U25C 5653 leads an eastbound freight through Baring, WA. The train will pass the westbound North Coast Hiawatha, out of view, here and continue east to Skykomish to add helpers before continuin... (more)

BN F45 no. 6637 heads up an eastbound freight at Skykomish, occupying the siding while a set of helpers are being added to the rear of the train. They will help the train climb Stevens Pass and be... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern intermodal train rolls along the bank of the Mississippi River through Victory, Wisconsin, late in the afternoon of October 12, 1991. Behind EMD GP50 No. 3127 and ... (more)

Burlington Northern GE U30C 5305 built 05/75 retired 09/90. No photographer information listed on slide, from my collection.

An eastbound Burlington Northern coal train passes through a wide, deep cut located just east of the Missouri River Bridge between the crew change of Mandan and Bismarck, North Dakota, on the afte... (more)

On a wintery March 3, 1989, an eastbound Burlington Northern freight climbs over Marias Pass just west of Summit, Montana, beneath the towering peaks of Glacier National Park. The train is all-EMD... (more)

A trio of BN SD40-2s highball Hardin, MO on a May morning. Hardin is located upon a thirty mile segment of joint-track used by BNSF and NS.

An ex-BN caboose leads the shove on the 2nd La Mirada as the train clears up at Orangethorpe before proceeding up the KC Lead.

BN 9972 is in charge of a commuter train at Clarendon Hills, IL in April of 1971. The engine looks a little rough but would eventually be rebuilt as BN 9906. Bob Bullermann Kodachrome from my coll... (more)

BN EMD GP39M No. 2805 leads westbound “Expediter” train 41 out of Savanna, Illinois, on the afternoon of October 13, 1990. The first few rebuilds of GP30s into GP39Ms by Morrison-Knudsen in 19... (more)

A trio of manned helper sets utilizing EMD SD40-2s and used in pushing Burlington Northern trains over Marias Pass, rest in the BN yard at Essex, Montana, on the cold and snowy day of March 4, 198... (more)