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Burlington Northern/Metra bi-level commuter cars fill Hill Yard in Aurora, Illinois, on weekends like in this view on Saturday, April 16, 1988.

BN commuter train passes under the classic searchlight signal bridge as it arrives at its Aurora destination.

ATSF 92 is one of five locomotives being donated to the Illinois Railway Museum by the BNSF. The locomotives were setout in the EJ&E interchange yard at Eola Illinois. Trailing are the BN 9920 and... (more)

BN/Metra commuter trains relax at the Aurora coach yard awaiting commuter duties of the next work week. The Morrison Knudsen rebuilt E8s and E9s are approaching retirement age having lived a previ... (more)

The North Coast Limited lead by CB&Q E8A 9947A at Eola, IL on September 10, 1964. The time would have been a little after 2 pm. The train is headed east through Eola Yard. Eola is a uninco... (more)

E9 no. 9920 leads a BN/Metra commuter train into Aurora's station, passing the coach yard that holds the commuter fleet on the west end of the BN race track to Chicago.

A group of Burlington Northern E9s lays over in the commuter yard at Aurora, Illinois, on June 8, 1991.

Two Burlington Northern E9s sit in the BN Hill Yard at Aurora, Illinois, waiting for the call to duty hauling trains to Union Station in Chicago on a sunny April 16, 1988.

The days of Burlington Northern’s fleet of E9s in Chicago to Aurora commuter service are getting short as several of the battle worn veterans rest in the yard at Aurora, Illinois, on the cold au... (more)

Burlington Northern train No. 4, with a lot of K-Line container traffic up front, passes Hill Yard where BN’s commuter trains lay over at Aurora, Illinois, on April 15, 1989.

The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

Two NEW BN EMD SD70MACS lead an eastbound loaded coal train on the ex CB&Q famed "Race Track", shown here passing the Hill Yard in Aurora Illinois

In the innocent days before railroaders made extensive use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) like safety vests, hardhats, etc., a Burlington Northern signal maintainer uses his athletic abili... (more)

A drove of Burlington Northern E-units wait their next call to duty in Aurora, Illinois in October, 1985. These warriors were rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen, and were fixtures on BN's Racetrack until... (more)