Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)

BNSF 2634 part of a five-locomotive consist along Stewardson Way. (March 15, 2015)

BNSF 2893 part of a five-locomotive consist along Stewardson Way. (March 15, 2015)

BNSF 3029 part of a five-locomotive consist along Stewardson Way. (March 15, 2015)

BNSF 3029 part of a five-locomotive consist along Stewardson Way. (March 15, 2015)

BNSF 2093 part of a five-locomotive consist along Stewardson Way. (March 15, 2015)

BNSF 2093 part of a five-locomotive consist along Stewardson Way. (March 15, 2015)

BNSF 3026 part of a five-locomotive consist along Stewardson Way. (March 15, 2015)

BNSF 4464 idling along the start of the Marpole Spur Line near the Southern Railway of British Columbia yard in New Westminster. (June 27, 2015)

BNSF 8973 leading a coal train past Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington USA – most likely northbound to the Roberts Bank port at Tsawwassen, British Columbia. (October 3, 2015)

BNSF #6590 parked on siding along Highway 91 in North Delta waiting for clearance for the line ahead. (November 12, 2015)

BNSF 8569 part of a three-locomtive consist parked on siding along Highway 91 in North Delta waiting for clearance for the line ahead. (November 12, 2015)

BNSF 6102 leading a five-locomotive consist along Colebrook Road and around Mud Bay, heading southbound towards Crescent Beach, White Rock, and the United States border on a dark Monday afternoon in May. (May 23, 2016)

BNSF 6140 waiting on a rainy Saturday morning near Westminster Quay for access to cross over the Fraser River Bridge into Surrey. (September 17, 2016)

BNSF 6140 waiting on a rainy Saturday morning near Westminster Quay for access to cross over the Fraser River Bridge into Surrey. (September 17, 2016)

BNSF 6140, BNSF 7617, and BNSF 2000 getting underway on a rainy Saturday morning in New Westminster to cross over the Fraser River Bridge into Surrey. (September 17, 2016)

BNSF 6140, BNSF 7617, and BNSF 2000 getting underway on a rainy Saturday morning in New Westminster to cross over the Fraser River Bridge into Surrey. (September 17, 2016)

Waiting in a rare, late-winter snowstorm on the siding along Highway 91 in North Delta, British Columbia, BNSF #7998 leads a three-locomotive consist waiting for clearance for the line ahead towards New Westminster. (February 5, 2017)

Waiting in a rare, late-winter snowstorm on the siding along Highway 91 in North Delta, British Columbia, BNSF #7998 leads a three-locomotive consist waiting for clearance for the line ahead towards New Westminster. (February 5, 2017)

Waiting in a rare, late-winter snowstorm on the siding along Highway 91 in North Delta, British Columbia, BNSF #7998 leads a three-locomotive consist waiting for clearance for the line ahead towards New Westminster. (February 5, 2017)

BNSF 9266 leads a Vancouver WA-bound train through the Columbia River Valley, past Bonneville Dam, during a rainy Sunday afternoon. (April 23, 2017)

BNSF 8151 and BNSF 7976 wait for their conductor to manually switch the tracks after an incoming SRY yard transfer finished"passing them by, before they can get underway. (May 20, 2017)

BNSF 8151 and BNSF 7976 wait for their conductor to manually switch the tracks after ap incoming SRY yard transfer finished passing them by, before they can get underway. (May 20, 2017)

BNSF 8151 and BNSF 7976 wait for vheir conductor to manually switch the tracks after an incoming SRY yard transfer finished passing them by, before they can get underway. (May 20, 2017)

BNSF 8151 and BNSF 7976 get underway from the SRY Trapp Yard located underneath the Queensborough Bridge after waiting for an incoming SRY transfer to pass. (May 20, 2017)

BNSF 4289 and BNSF 5362 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 4289 and BNSF 5362 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 4289 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 4289 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 5362 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 5362 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 5362 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 5362 idling along the holding tracks between the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Highway #17) and the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, British Columbia. (July 29, 2017)

BNSF 5780 part of an OMYA limestone train arriving in New Westminster, British Columbia. (September 23, 2017)

BNSF 7494 leading an OMYA limetsone train into New Westminster, British Columbia. (September 23, 2017)

Cab detail of BNSF 7494 while idling along Stewartdson Way in New Westminster, British Columbia. (September 23, 2017)

BNSF 5780 now leading as she waits for clearance ahead to get underway back across the Fraser River Bridge. (September 23, 2017)

Conductor for BNSF 5780 will wait for the train to pass so he can change the track switches behind as they leave. (September 23, 2017)

A very rare Canadian sighting of a GP50 as BNSF 3191 motors along the Front Street line in downtown New Westminster, British Columbia. (September 24, 2017)

BNSF 675 leads a transfer train past the Kruger Paper mill as it heads towards the SRY Trapp Yard underneath the Queensborough Bridge to hand-off and pick-up the outgoing consist of cars from SRY 135. (December 23, 2017)

BNSF 748 painted in the old Santa Fe war-bonnet colour scheme despite being built and entering service around nine months after the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe merger acquisition. (December 23, 2017)

BNSF transfer train ambles past the Kruger Paper Mill as it heads towards the SRY Trapp Yard underneath the Queensborough Bridge to hand off and pick up an outgoing consist of cars. (Decemebr 23, 2017)

BNSF transfer train ambles past the Kruger Paper Mill as it heads towards the SRY Trapp Yard underneath the Queensborough Bridge to hand off and pick up an outgoing consist of cars. (Decemebr 23, 2017)

BN 12529 shove platform caboose working in the rail yard across from the harbour in Bellingham, Washington USA.

BNSF transfer consist of calcium carbonate and limestone slurry cars waiting along Stewardson Way in New Westminster, British Columbia. (June 30, 2018)

BNSF transfer consist of calcium carbonate and limestone slurry cars waiting along Stewardson Way in New Westminster, British Columbia. (June 30, 2018)

Radiator detail on BNSF 3826. (June 30, 2018)

BNSF transfer consist of calcium carbonate and limestone slurry cars waiting along Stewardson Way in New Westminster, British Columbia. (June 30, 2018)

BNSF transfer consist of calcium carbonate and limestone slurry cars waiting along Stewardson Way in New Westminster, British Columbia. (June 30, 2018)

A pair of BNSF locomotives on a Saturday morning transfer originating at the SRY Trapp Yard underneath the Queensborough Bridge, heading towards the marshalling yards adjacent to the Fraser Surrey Docks. (November 10, 2018)

BNSF 6037 and BNSF 4408 waiting at the bend in the Stewardson Way yard before heading outbound along Front Street. There are actually two parallel marshalling yards here, with track owned by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and switching handled by Southern Railway of British Columbia. BNSF also picks up and drops off transfers here from their two yards along Brunette Avenue and across the river in Surrey, so it is not unusual to see 2 or 3 railroads working along here at once – only once have I seen all four at the same time. (February 9, 2019)