Burlington Northern Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW5 Number 994 at Breckenridge, Minnesota on March 11, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW5 Number 994 at Breckenridge, Minnesota on March11, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW5 Number 995 at Breckenridge, Minnesota on April 19, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW5 Number 995 at Breckenridge, Minnesota on April 19, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW5 Number 995 at Milnor, North Dakota on March 11, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW5 Number 995 at Wyndmere, North Dakota on February 18, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern NW5 Number 995 with NW5 Number 993 barely visible at Wyndmere, North Dakota on February 18, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern NW5 Number 995 at Wyndmere, North Dakota on February 18, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern NW5 Number 995 with NW5 Number 993 barely visible at Wyndmere, North Dakota on February 18, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
It's 12:07 pm on August 22, 1988 as eastbound Burlington Northern freight Number 196 on Montana Rail Link rails prepares to enter Mullan Tunnel after crossing the Continental Divide (elevation 5,549 feet) at Blossburg, Montana. The power, as provided by a Burlington Northern Electro-Motive Division (EMD) (Electro Motive Division of General Motors) SD40-2 and a leased LMX Corporation GE (General Electric) B39-8, appears to be marginal for this train on the one-point-eight-percent grade leading up to the Divide. This GE locomotive is the last-numbered unit of 100 leased by the Burlington Northern from LMX.
Robert Oestreich