Burlington Northern Railroad - Wikipedia
The Burlington Northern Railroad (reporting mark BN) was a United States–based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1995.
Top 10 Burlington Northern locomotives | Trains Magazine
Feb 4, 2020 · Burlington only worked on EMD’s Including the Chicago Metra engines which were high priority. Livingston was about a 50/50 mix of brands. Lots of stories on these rebuilds.
Burlington Northern (BN), The West's First Mega Railroad
Aug 23, 2024 · When created on March 2, 1970 the Burlington Northern was America's largest railroad. With a network comprising a staggering 26,000 miles (excluding subsidiaries Colorado & Southern and Fort Worth & Denver) it even eclipsed the …
Burlington Northern BN-1 - Illinois Railway Museum
Burlington Northern BN1 is a modernized diesel locomotive known as a “cab unit.” It was built as an F9A mixed-traffic engine for the Northern Pacific Railroad, which used it to pull both passenger and freight trains.
FOBNR.ORG – The historical society focused on the Burlington …
Aug 18, 2002 · We exist to preserve the history and chronicle the operation of the Burlington Northern Railroad and its successors, as well as the MRL. For information on historical societies for railroads that merged to become the BN or BNSF, click here.
Burlington Northern Motive Power Roster - archive.trainpix.com
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Burlington Northern Railroad | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom
Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996. With three of four predecessor railroad locomotives in a five-unit consist, BN 5738, a GE U33C, departs Livingston, Montana in August 1971.
The day Burlington Northern showed the way - Trains.com
Mar 6, 2020 · On March 2, 1970, six brand-new Burlington Northern GP38s, ordered by Spokane, Portland & Seattle but delivered in the new carrier's image, lead a freight west out of the fog at Cicero, Ill., just outside Chicago.
Empire Of The North: The Forming Of The Burlington Northern
Sep 24, 2011 · Cascade Green, Black and White of the Burlington Northern are a change from the complex earlier paint schemes of the old roads. First generation power is abundant. Newer locomotives and repainted cars spread the new BN image.
TrainPages: Burlington Northern BN-1/BN-2 - Blogger
Feb 28, 2014 · In September 1990 they were rebuilt by Burlington Northern’s West Burlington Shops in Burlington, Iowa into F9-2s BN-1 and BN-2. The rebuild included replacing the original 1500 horsepower engine with a new 2000 horsepower 16 cylinder engine.