Led by Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7864, a westbound BN grain train tops Marias Pass in a heavy snowfall at Summit, Montana, on March 3, 1988.

A northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight behind new GE C44-9W No. 5223, waits for the arrival of an eastbound powered by a pair of BN EMD SD60Ms and a Cascade green BNSF EMD SD40-2 at the... (more)

At sunset on October 24, 1992, an eastbound Burlington Northern train speeds along the Mississippi River as it passes under the graceful U.S. Highway 52 truss bridge at Savanna, Illinois. This bri... (more)

Burlington Northern intermodal train 2 crosses one of the truss bridges over the Sinsinawa River west of Portage, Illinois, on April 3, 1993. This location is on the BN main line along the Mississ... (more)

Power for Burlington Northern’s Mendota local rests overnight in the small yard at Mendota, Illinois, as the old buildings lining Main Street glow on the evening of May 1, 1992. What looks for t... (more)

Representing both makes on this Burlington Northern coal train, C30-7's and SD40-2's. GE, EMD, GE, EMD, GE. Tom Ellis photo.

A long southbound Cowley Local led by a ex BN SD60m rumbles into the spectacular Sheep Canyon. A remote section of the Big Horn River cuts a slice thru Sheep Mountain exposing a Geological wonder... (more)

Things are about to drastically change in the coal fields. It was on this trip that my dad photographed his first set of SD70MAC in their Grimstein paint. A huge order of SD70MAC are coming, and D... (more)

Rails worn by heavy tonnage, the late afternoon sun glints off the diamonds of Burlington Northern’s crossing of Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line at Savanna, Illinois, on September 1... (more)

On a cold January 2, 1988, a Burlington Northern freight powered by a pair of EMD GP50s heads west through Riverside, Illinois on the railroad’s busy three-track main line between Chicago and Au... (more)

Approaching Cassa, Wyoming, on the morning of July 9, 1999, is a northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight. Boeing airline parts and fuselages cars are up front in the consist as the train m... (more)

To show support for those serving their country, and their own employees that were serving. Burlington Northern painted this SD60M, and number it 1991. For the Gulf War, Desert Storm. Seen here wi... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD E9s gather on BN/Metra commuter trains stored in the coach yard (Hill Yard) at Aurora, Illinois, on April 16, 1988.

A southbound Burlington Northern coal train crosses the bridge over Logan Draw and Antelope Creek just south of Naaco Junction on the morning July 26, 1992. The Orin Subdivision was mostly single-... (more)