Burlington Northern, BN SD40-2 7081 leads several GE's 5099-5526 and three others, with a loaded coal train eastbound on the FW&D at Decatur, Texas. September 8, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff photo©

ex-Frisco, Burlington Northern locomotive shops at Springfield, Missouri, with locomotives 1394, 6338, 6652, 6675, 6659, 1000. September 12, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Burlington Northern, BN C30-7 5064 -BNSF C44-9w 1112 -SD40-2 7027 -8131 with a westbound on the ex-D&RGW at Desert Siding, Utah. April 18, 1997. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

BN 5010 leads a coal train South on the Joint Line.

BN, Burlington Northern, ex-Frisco GP38-2's 2302-2126-2318, leaving the west end on the SL&SF Cherokee yard at Tulsa, Oklahoma. August 8, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

BN 1707 idles in the early morning sunlight in Albuquerque.

TULSA OK (April) 1985 — BN SD40-2 8128 lays over at the Cherokee Yard engine facility. This unit was delivered to BN in June 1980. At a later date it became FURX 8128 and was leased back to BNSF... (more)

BN 5544 rolls south (RR East) through the village of Manderson, WY. in the Big Horn Basin. This train originated in the yard at Laurel, MT. Ahead lies the scenic Wind River Canyon and Wyoming's 2n... (more)

I mainly did the Aurora Sub for my backyard photography growing up. That meant getting C30-7s wasn't too common for me. Those units mainly stayed on coal trains and, for me, were on the Southern I... (more)

Looks like coal power that went to Peoria is now in other duties as assigned. The power is heading back to Galesburg on an X97 with freight out of Peoria. The train passes the old elevator at Maqu... (more)

E9As 9913 and 9902 stabled after the evening commute.

Loaded taconite train crosses the Wisconsin Southern at Crawford, south of Prairie du Chien. These SD60Ms were common thru the 90s on these heavy trains bound for Granite City. Scanned slide from ... (more)

A Conrail unit helps out of BN SD40 as they hustle down the Aurora Sub south of Lynxville. Scanned negative from October 1992.

The morning Chicago to St. Paul hotshot is less than 20 miles from the next crew change at LaCrosse. The train skirts the Mississippi River as they pass thru Genoa. The Genoa power plant is in the... (more)

The BNSF leased alot of junk power after the merger. The railroad needed alot of power to help thru the struggles they had moving freight. Some of the leasers were these ex-ATSF C30-7s that came f... (more)