BNSF

Three retirees: 11246, ex-GN X-244, St Cloud, 1944; 10864, ex-NP 10631, Brainerd, 1906; and 10955.

Ex-Great Northern No. 314A sits quietly in Seattle.

Six years following the BN merger, Stacy Street Yard (note the Kingdome in the backgqound): 215 is ex-NP 156, 219 is ex-NP 160 and SW1 81 is ex-GN 81

New to the Northwest - having arrived at NAS Whidbey Island only two months prior - and plenty of opportunities for photos of first-generation power.

Back during the good old days when one could walk freely in most major rail yards and engine facilities...Built as BN 6325, to BN 1876 (2nd), BN 1976:2, BN 6325 and BNSF 6397.

Two days after Christmas in St Louis and its definitely cold and gray. In other words, a perfect day for rail photography.

Cold day in St Louis...

Ex-NP 365, reportedly wrecked in 1989 and scrapped.

Southbound for SoCal but I still had the time for some photography in Kelso, resulting in this photo of a brace of SD40-2s.

Rather#heavy power for switching duty...

New Year's Eve on the former NP Prairie Line, looking west.

BN GP38-2 2324 (ex-SLSF 469) and SD40-2 6328 trundle past the former Santa Fe depot. Fortunately, over the intervening years it's been restored and opened as the Santa Fe Depot Craft Mall

Was out patrolling the remnants of the Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka when I stumbled across ex-SLSF 469 at the Ada depot

Down at Purina Junction...

Prowling the former Burlington-Rock Island, when out of the clag...

Former Northern Pacific on the Eastside, looking south.

On the former Northern Pacific Prairie Line, looking north.

Northbound near Elsberry, MO

Southbound on the K-Line, near Foley, MO. The two trailing units are ex-Cedar Rapids & Iowa City (CIC) 711, 714, on their way to the Birmingham Southern.

Saturday morning and this eastbound is struggling up the hill out of Ainsworth due to problems with the second unit, ES44AC 5760.

Catching this southbound was a rat race: high speed, low altitude until we got in position at La Grange. Power consists of the B40-8W, UP ES44AC 7909, UP SD9043AC 8009, NS GP59 4609, BNSF C44-9Ws 5482 and 4475, CSX AC4400CW 288 and BNSF GP38 2373. Wild...

Pearl Harbor Day and the Anacortes local sits in Whitney, engines idling. GP38-2s 2352 and 2097 are in trail.

Another angle...

Westbound at Arrowhead Junction, in and around local, er, scenery

Westbound and cleared for Elsberry.

End of the day in Bellingham and one of the local Geeps is parked with caboose 12432

BNSF GP39M sits alongside Bellingham's small but classy former Great Northern depot.

Heading back to the lessor: a large number of former CN, former BNSF 7300-series SD40-2s parked out back of a warehouse/intermodal fac in Valley Park adjacent to the former Chrfsler plant.

The units are parked behind a warehouse near the former Chrysler Fenton plant. From the left, former CN SD40s 5019, 5027 and 5063.

Long line of ex-CN/BNSF-leased SD40-2s. The former Chrysler Fenton plant's visible in the background.

Stand-down? Not sure of the circumstances, but this eastbound local led by 2718 with GP39-2s 2796 and 2781 and GP39E 2905 was most `efinitely stopped.

A rare mixed freight on the K-Line, heading south (railroad east).

North end of the Sweetwater Yard on the former ATSF line to Hamlin and Altus. Warbonnet C44-9W 788 has the lead.

Small, classy and still in reasonably good shape, although the tracks are long gone.

Having just come around the base of Kissenger Hill, C44-9Ws 746 and 4635 continued pounding towards St Louis.

Missed this westbound a few miles east, raced to get into position and caught it coming around the corner.

Four units plus DPU, pounding up the hill with a long line of Alabama Power Company (JHMX) empties.

Two units, four cars and a bit of light switching in Valley Park. GP39-2 2837 is the trailing unit.

Dropping into town, ex-ATSF C44-9Ws 640 and 882, trailed by locomotives 4161 and 4062.

Quite a day: GP38-2 2084 leads a MOW train out to the Sumas Branch while GP40X 3034, leading the Anacortes Local, gets ready to depart on the right.

The Anacortes Local definately had a unique lineup this day; I'd have to do some digging to determine the last time I saw a B unit.

Not a lot happening in Butte this Sunday morning. Cab 12389 in the background.

Looking for GE power? Lineup of C44-9Ws in Aberdeen, SD

Long time since I'd seen this paint scheme...

Eastbound out of Springfield. The city's restored 1902 pedestrian bridge is evident in the background.

Hard by US 66, northbound with coal empties.

The chase of this eastbound started in Sleeper and continued across backroads Missouri, on the former SJSF.

Over Dixon Hill and heading down; the third shot of the day of this particular train, which included C44-9Ws 4769 cnd 5359. Great chase!

Fall day in north St Charles County, out visiting an airport...and here comes a train, heading up the K Line

Northbound into Cape Girardeau; CSX C6044CW is in trail.