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By:Mike Woodruff
Dates:1/1/1971 - 1/1/2010
Album Info:BN and BNSF action and roster views on the former CB&Q lines
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BN 6244
Title:  BN 6244
Description:  Before she was famous, BN SD24 6244 leads a pair of U33Cs on an eastbound at La Grange. She was later MMID 6244, and is preserved today at IRM as CB&Q 504. Date of this photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/24/1971  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:16:03 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 6244(SD24)
Views:  1060   Comments: 0
BN 9988
Title:  BN 9988
Description:  An E9A handles an express on the middle track at LaGrange Road. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/24/1971  Upload Date: 9/14/2015 3:19:57 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 9988(E9A)
Views:  610   Comments: 1
BN 2239
Title:  BN 2239
Description:  A GP30/U30B combination gets a roll on a westbound which includes some new Datsun pickups. BN 2239 was originally CB&Q 962. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/14/2015 3:01:23 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 2239(GP30)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
BN 2504
Title:  BN 2504
Description:  Westbound freight of mostly boxcars is handled by a GP35/GP20 lash-up. BN 2504 was originally GN 3021, was later rebuilt to BN GP39E 2933, is extant as BNSF 2933. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 10:08:11 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 2504(GP35)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
BN 2515
Title:  BN 2515
Description:  A pair of GP35s handles this westbound manifest. BN 2515 was originally GN 3032, would be sold for scrap 5/83. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 7:18:54 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2515(GP35)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
BN 5479
Title:  BN 5479
Description:  Former Burlington U30B teams up with a couple of UP GP30s on this westbound freight. BN 5479 was originally CB&Q 149, retired 8/86. Date of this photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 10:26:10 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 5479(U30B)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
BN 5615
Title:  BN 5615
Description:  A trio of U25Cs handles a westbound train of empty coal gondolas. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 10:06:00 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 5615(U25C)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
BN 5674
Title:  BN 5674
Description:  A quartet of U28Cs handles this eastbound. BN 5674 was originally NP 2808. She was retired 11/81. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 7:18:36 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 5674(U28C)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
BN 6244
Title:  BN 6244
Description:  A pair of SD24s with an eastbound freight. BN 6244 was originally CB&Q 504, later MMID 6244. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 10:03:31 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6244(SD24)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
BN 6409
Title:  BN 6409
Description:  A trio of SD45s with a westbound manifest. BN 6409 was originally NP 3609. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 7:17:49 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 6409(SD45)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
BN 6487
Title:  BN 6487
Description:  Two SD45s bracket a pair of GP35s on this eastbound manifest. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/14/2015 3:33:28 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6487(SD45)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
BN 6524
Title:  BN 6524
Description:  Month-old SD45 leads this eastbound manifest. BN 6524 was later WC 6524. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 7:16:02 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6524(SD45)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
BN 6631
Title:  BN 6631
Description:  Just a few months old in this view, BN F45 6631 would be retired 2/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 7:16:45 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6631(F45)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
BN 9855
Title:  BN 9855
Description:  Eastbound freight with an SDP40 leading two SD45s. BN 9855 was originally GN 325, was later BN 6399, BNSF 6327 and now owned by the Minnesota Transportation Museum and operated on excursions out of Osceola, WI as MNTX 325. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:35:11 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  BN 9855(SDP40)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
BN 9934
Title:  BN 9934
Description:  During the summer of 1971, Amtrak ran the Denver Zephyr and City of San Francisco as separate trains on the same schedule between Denver and Chicago. I think this is the San Francisco train. BN 9934 was originally CB&Q 9941B, later became Amtrak 333. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 10:23:20 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9934(E8A)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
BN 9935
Title:  BN 9935
Description:  Newly repainted E8A powers this westbound dinky. BN 9935 was originally CB&Q 9942B, later became BN 9900:2. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 7:18:19 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9935(E8A)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
BN 9940
Title:  BN 9940
Description:  Another express on the middle track. The first two cars appear to be ex-C&NW "400" Pullman-Standard smoothside coaches that CB&Q acquired in 1963. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:30:44 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9940(E8A)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
BN 9968
Title:  BN 9968
Description:  During the summer of 1971, Amtrak ran the Denver Zephyr and City of San Francisco as separate trains on the same schedule between Denver and Chicago. I think this is the Denver train. BN 9968 was originally CB&Q 9968, later became Amtrak 351. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 10:18:01 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9968(E8A)
Views:  423   Comments: 1
BN 9980
Title:  BN 9980
Description:  Race between a westbound dinky and a westbound pig train. BN 9980 was originally CB&Q 9985B, later became BN 9910, NERR 9910. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:41:03 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9980(E9A)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
BN 9983
Title:  BN 9983
Description:  Express dinky on the middle track. BN 9983 was originally CB&Q 9988B, was later BN 9913, SCRX 9913, wears the transitional silver BN paint scheme in this view. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:19:52 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9983(E9A)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
BN 9993
Title:  BN 9993
Description:  Commuters queue up to board an eastbound "dinky" at La Grange Road. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:14:11 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9993(E9A)
Views:  535   Comments: 1
EL 3666
Title:  EL 3666
Description:  Run-through EL power on a westbound at LaGrange. EL 3666 was later CR 6697, VMVX 6697, rebuilt to SP SD40M-2 8693, to UP 2769, NREX 2769, WAMX 4214. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/25/1971  Upload Date: 9/14/2015 3:45:10 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3666(SDP45)
Views:  593   Comments: 1
BN 2249
Title:  BN 2249
Description:  A pair of former Q GP30s westbound. BN 2249 was later rebuilt to BN GP39E 2756, is extant as BNSF 2746. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/8/2008 7:46:31 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2249(GP30)
Views:  1169   Comments: 0
BN 3022
Title:  BN 3022
Description:  A GP40/GP20 combination hustle this short westbound past the junction with MKT at Machens. BN 3022 was originally CB&Q 622, was later rebuilt to BN GP40M 3517, is extant as BNSF 3016. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/9/2008 4:05:11 PM
Location:  Machens, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3022(GP40)
Views:  1180   Comments: 1
BN 6023
Title:  BN 6023
Description:  Originally CB&Q #300, BN #6023 was the Q's first SD7 out of an eventual 58 units, the largest SD7 fleet. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/8/2008 7:57:17 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6023(SD7) BN 6040(SD7)
Views:  1371   Comments: 1
BN 6040
Title:  BN 6040
Description:  Three former Q SD7s head east out of Granite City with an empty hopper train. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/8/2008 11:27:20 AM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6040(SD7)
Views:  1174   Comments: 0
BN 1586
Title:  BN 1586
Description:  Westbound local freight with a former Q GP7 and Havelock caboose. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/20/2009 7:19:53 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 1586(GP7)
Views:  1021   Comments: 0
BN 2050
Title:  BN 2050
Description:  BN 2050 was a former CB&Q GP20, was later LTVX 4209. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 3:11:38 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2050(GP20)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
BN 2050
Title:  BN 2050
Description:  A former Q GP20 leads three of her younger, larger siblings on a westbound pig train. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/20/2009 1:25:29 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2050(GP20)
Views:  701   Comments: 2
BN 2235
Title:  BN 2235
Description:  Former CB&Q and GN units team up on a westbound at LaGrange. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/20/2009 7:48:30 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2235(GP30)
Views:  850   Comments: 2
BN 5730
Title:  BN 5730
Description:  Westbound on the "racetrack" at La Grange. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/20/2009 8:29:50 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 5730(U33C)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
BN 6188
Title:  BN 6188
Description:  A quintet of former CB&Q SD9s with an eastbound on the former Q mainline. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 2:59:12 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6188(SD9)
Views:  533   Comments: 1
BN 6316
Title:  BN 6316
Description:  BN 6316, shown here on an eastbound at Lavergne, was later MRL 214. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 11:26:10 AM
Location:  Lavergne, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6316(SD40)
Views:  706   Comments: 1
BN 6452
Title:  BN 6452
Description:  BN 6452 was originally GN 422, later C&NW 6571, rebuilt to CSX SD40M-2 8485. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 3:22:31 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6452(SD45)
Views:  682   Comments: 0
BN 925
Title:  BN 925
Description:  One of a group of SD40-2s sublettered for Colorado & Southern, she was later BN 6373. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 6:20:55 PM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CS 925(SD40-2)
Views:  1189   Comments: 3
BN 5201
Title:  BN 5201
Description:  BN 5201, a rare U23C (only 53 sold in the US), rests in the engine terminal at Edgemont, SD. These units were likely used on the Lead branch, now long abandoned. Prior to the Powder River coal boom, just a few trains a day passed through here. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 11:30:53 AM
Location:  Edgemont, SD
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5201(U23C)
Views:  1167   Comments: 1
BN 6196
Title:  BN 6196
Description:  BN freight pauses at the depot in Custer, SD on the now abandoned branch between Edgemont and Lead. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 11:16:24 AM
Location:  Custer, SD
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6196(SD9)
Views:  1055   Comments: 1
CB&Q 14560
Title:  CB&Q 14560
Description:  Former Q wooden waycar in the yard at Edgemont. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 5:09:14 PM
Location:  Edgemont, SD
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  763   Comments: 0
BN 126
Title:  BN 126
Description:  A former Q SW7 switches a former SP dome car at Denver Union Station. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 12:12:22 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 126(SW7)
Views:  1024   Comments: 0
BN 2234
Title:  BN 2234
Description:  A former Q GP30 and three U-boats at the BN engine facility in Denver. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 8:00:15 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2234(GP30)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
BN 5463
Title:  BN 5463
Description:  BN 5463 was originally Great Northern 2527. Shown at the former CB&Q engine facility in Denver. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 2:18:14 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5463(U28B)
Views:  872   Comments: 1
BN 6557
Title:  BN 6557
Description:  A pair of BN SD45s heading down Wind River Canyon with a northbound freight. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:26:46 AM
Location:  Thermopolis, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6557(SD45)
Views:  776   Comments: 0
BN 6908
Title:  BN 6908
Description:  A BN train heads north through Wind River Canyon near Thermopolis, WY. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:16:05 AM
Location:  Thermopolis, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6908(SD40-2)
Views:  679   Comments: 1
BN 5462
Title:  BN 5462
Description:  A former GN U28B leads this eastbound near Glendo, WY. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 3:47:12 PM
Location:  Glendo, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5462(U28B)
Views:  716   Comments: 1
BN 5752
Title:  BN 5752
Description:  WB BN freight heading towards Denver with the second GE making like a steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 3:05:58 PM
Location:  Hudson, CO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5752(U33C)
Views:  419   Comments: 1
BN 6907
Title:  BN 6907
Description:  An SD40-2 leads three SD45s toward Denver. BN 6907 was later BNSF 6906. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 3:19:09 PM
Location:  Hudson, CO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6907(SD40-2)
Views:  470   Comments: 2
BN 9902
Title:  BN 9902
Description:  An outbound Aurora dinky meets the inbound San Francisco Zephyr. BN 9902 wears the number of one of the original "Twin" Zephyrs. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/30/2009 12:10:55 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9902(E9AM)
Views:  637   Comments: 1
BN 9903
Title:  BN 9903
Description:  A BN "dinky" departs Union Station for Aurora. E9A #9903 wears the number of the 1935 Mark Twain Zephyr. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 10:58:51 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9903(E9AM)
Views:  585   Comments: 3
BN 6041
Title:  BN 6041
Description:  Northbound coal loads pull through the siding at Smithboro. BN 6041 was originally CB&Q 318. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 11/26/2009 8:59:03 PM
Location:  Smithboro, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6041(SD7)
Views:  642   Comments: 1
BN 6054
Title:  BN 6054
Description:  A southbound freight sits on the main waiting for a meet at Smithboro. BN 6054 was originally CB&Q 406. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 11/26/2009 8:58:34 PM
Location:  Smithboro, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6054(SD7)
Views:  490   Comments: 1


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