Burlington Northern GP40 Number 3028, former Burlington Number 628; GP40 Number 3002, former Burlington Number 172; SD7 Number 6051, former Burlington Number 403; passing Newport interlocking in Newport, Minnesota with eastbound freight on December 1, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern GP40 Number 3028, former Burlington Number 628; GP40 Number 3002, former Burlington Number 172; SD7 Number 6051, former Burlington Number 403; passing Hoffman Avenue interlocking in Daytons Bluff, Minnesota with eastbound freight on December 1, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern GP40 Number 3028, former Burlington Number 628; GP40 Number 3002, former Burlington Number 172; passing Newport interlocking tower in Newport, Minnesota with eastbound freight on November 25, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern GP40 Number 3026, former Burlington Number 626; SD40 Number 6301, built October 1971; leased Precision SD18m Number 18*9 in Saint Paul, Minnesota with eastbound freight on August 11, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern GP10 Number 1406 and GP20 Number 2035 lead a manifest by the station at Fargo, North Dakota on April 17, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern GP5 Number 1355, two unidentified FB locomotives and an unidentified FA locomotive cross the Otter Tail river on a plate girder bridge at Fergus Falls, Minnesota on September 20, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern GP5 Number 1355, former Great Northern Number 905; 3 unidentified F units in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on September 20, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern Diesel Locomotive, Type SW7 Number 116, NW2 501 and an unidentified assortment of Type GP and Type SW units at a diesel servicing facility in Kansas City, Missouri on June 20, 1980. Number 116 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in May, 1950 as Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Number 9250, Builder Number 8494. It was retired in October, 1985. Number 501 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 05/40 as Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Number 9204, Builder Number 1009. It was retired in July, 1982 Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern diesel locomotives 2889, 2713 and 2730 heading south with a manifest freight train at Sweet Grass, Montana in August 1992. Photograph by Charles W. Bohi.

Burlington Northern Diesel locomotives 1527 and 1597 at Milepost 75.4 on the Scobey Line, Montana, 1993. Milepost 75.4 on the Scobey Line, Montana. Burlington Northern 1527 westbound way freight looking southwest in July 1993. Photograph by Charles W. Bohi.