Once the BN got their 2 orders of SD60s in 1989/1991, they threw them into heavy unit trains service. Alot of them went into coal service, but eventually some ended up in taconite service as well ... (more)

GE built 145 B39-8s in 1987-88. The majority of them ended up on the Burlington Northern. BN and Locomotive Management Leasing shared a long-time contract thru LMX Leasing that lasted long into th... (more)

The late 90's for the BNSF seen them extremely power short. With the merger the power ended up scattered all over hell. A person didn't know what to expect with the passage of the next train. Here... (more)

A Canadian stranger is helping out this BNSF Q-train from South Seattle to Chicago. Here the train rolls down the Aurora Sub outside of Savanna along the Mississippi River. The train is in heavy d... (more)

Eastbound oil train U-PEMNSB0-40T rolls along the Mississippi River just north of Savanna. The train has BNSF 6615, 5006, and 7240 in DP. The train is bound for the NS in Chicago for furtherance t... (more)

The hot St. Paul to Chicago Z-train has slowed up for the permanent slow thru Savanna on the Aurora Sub. The train has been racing along the frozen Mississippi River for nearly all of the trip til... (more)

A loaded grain train is in heavy dynamics as they slow for the permanent at Savanna over the CP diamond and curves. The train is bound for the Barstow Sub at Savanna for the next crew change point... (more)

Loaded taconite train bound for Madison, IL, crosses over at CP 154 near the old Savanna Army Depot. The train is working east of the Aurora Sub and soon will hit the Barstow Sub at Savanna for th... (more)

This Superfleet 900 once looked classy pulling Santa Fe hot intermodal trains over the Transcon. Now days this unit has been in and out of storage, but is again back pulling freight for a very pow... (more)