BN/BNSF in former Q territory

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.

An E9A handles an express on the middle track at LaGrange Road. Date of photo approximate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A trio of U25Cs handles a westbound train of empty coal gondolas. Date of photo approximate.

A quartet of U28Cs handles this eastbound. BN 5674 was originally NP 2808. She was retired 11/81. Date of photo approximate.

A pair of SD24s with an eastbound freight.. BN 6244 was originally CB&Q 504, later MMID 6244, now preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum where she appeared in the movie "Groundhog Day". Date of photo approximate.

A trio of SD45s with a westbound manifest. BN 6409 was originally NP 3609. Date of photo approximate.

Two SD45s bracket a pair of GP35s on this eastbound manifest. Date of photo approximate.

Just a few months old in this view, BN F45 6631 would be retired 2/86. Date of photo approximate.

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.

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.

Newly repainted E8A powers this westbound dinky. BN 9935 was originally CB&Q 9942B, later became BN 9900:2. Date of photo approximate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Commuters queue up to board an eastbound "dinky" at La Grange Road. Date of photo approximate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Three former Q SD7s head east out of Granite City with an empty hopper train. Date approximate.

Westbound local freight with a former Q GP7 and Havelock caboose. Date of photo approximate.

BN 2050 was a former CB&Q GP20, was later LTVX 4209. Date of photo approximate.

A former Q GP20 leads three of her younger, larger siblings on a westbound pig train. Date of photo approximate.

Former CB&Q and GN units team up on a westbound at LaGrange. Date of photo approximate.

Westbound on the "racetrack" at La Grange. Date of photo approximate.

A quintet of former CB&Q SD9s with an eastbound on the former Q mainline. Date of photo approximate.

BN 6316, shown here on an eastbound at Lavergne, was later MRL 214. Date of photo approximate.

BN 6452 was originally GN 422, later C&NW 6571, rebuilt to CSX SD40M-2 8485. Date of photo approximate.

One of a group of SD40-2s sublettered for Colorado & Southern, she was later BN 6373. Date of photo approximate.

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.

BN freight pauses at the depot in Custer, SD on the now abandoned branch between Edgemont and Lead. Date of photo approximate.

Former Q wooden waycar in the yard at Edgemont. Date of photo approximate.

A former Q SW7 switches a former SP dome car at Denver Union Station. Date of photo approximate.

A former Q GP30 and three U-boats at the BN engine facility in Denver. Date of photo approximate.

BN 5463 was originally Great Northern 2527. Shown at the former CB&Q engine facility in Denver. Date of photo approximate.

A pair of BN SD45s heading down Wind River Canyon with a northbound freight. Date of photo approximate.

A BN train heads north through Wind River Canyon near Thermopolis, WY. Date of photo approximate.

A former GN U28B leads this eastbound near Glendo, WY. Date of photo approximate.

WB BN freight heading towards Denver with the second GE making like a steam locomotive.

An SD40-2 leads three SD45s toward Denver. BN 6907 was later BNSF 6906. Date of photo approximate.

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.

A BN "dinky" departs Union Station for Aurora. E9A #9903 wears the number of the 1935 Mark Twain Zephyr. Date of photo approximate.

Northbound coal loads pull through the siding at Smithboro. BN 6041 was originally CB&Q 318. Date of photo approximate.

A southbound freight sits on the main waiting for a meet at Smithboro. BN 6054 was originally CB&Q 406. Date of photo approximate.