After performing some work, BNSF 1706 rolls south with the local for Paducah.

BNSF 1706 idles away while on local job R-CHI476 in Rochelle, IL, with no work to be done on this Saturday afternoon. This is thankfully one of the increasingly fewer SD40-2s on the BNSF roster th... (more)

Still wearing its Burlington Northern Cascade Green, BNSF SD40-2 1706 sits on the point of the M GALEDY power set at the south end of the yard outside of Eddyville, Iowa. After a night run from Ga... (more)

Former BN SD40-2 1706 leads the 664 local into Galesburg yard.

Approaching midday at the start of the rural portion of BNSFs Southern Transcon, a BN painted SD40 cruises east with Galesburg traffic in tow.

Former BN SD40-2 1706 leads CHIGAL West through Romeoville.

Still wearing its Burlington Northern Cascade Green, BNSF SD40-2 1706 sits on the point of the M GALEDY power set at the south end of the yard outside of Eddyville, Iowa. After a night run from Ga... (more)

BNSF train RCHI476 heads through downtown Aurora with 91 cars and a good 'ol BN white face SD40-2 leading the way for Rochelle.

Y JOL202 has been the "go to" train lately on the Chillicothe Sub. On this sunny afternoon, we see it making its way west through CP "Joliet US" with Cascade green and Heritage... (more)

Former BN SD40-2 1706 leads Y-JOL202 West through Joliet.

The former Burlington Northern 6802 finds itself on unfamiliar territory on the former Santa Fe leading the weekday Y-JOL202 transfer (Joliet Yard - Blodgett), seen here slamming the former Rock I... (more)

As an eastbound vehicle train slowly rolls down Main 2, Y JOL202 thunders west down Main 1 with Cascade green SD40-2 #1706 leading the way, its BN logo still looking sharp.

On a warm summer afternoon, BNSFs Chicago to Galesburg road local flies around the bend alongside Lemont with a very welcome BN SD40 up front.

Minutes before a big snowstorm moves over the Chicagoland area, L-CHI104 crosses the New Rock Subdivision at CP Joliet UD, or UD Tower. SD40-2 1706, still wearing its Burlington Northern green lea... (more)

1973 called, they want their machines back... Former BN SD40-2 #1706, a 1973 product of EMD, and a 1973-built Ford Gran Torino meet in the industrial mayhem of Romeoville, Illinois along the ol... (more)