Burlington Northern GP40 Number 3029, Southern Pacific U33C Number 8709, and brand new Union Pacific SD40-2's Number 3721 and Number 3724 with a trailer-on-flat car (TOFC) train at Dayton's Bluff, Minnesota on February 16, 1980. Number 3029 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in February 1968 as Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) Number 629. Builder Number 33750. It was rebuilt in in December 1988 as GP40M Number 3507. It became BNSF Number 3006. Number 8709 was built by General Electric Company (GE) in December 1971. Builder Number 38116. Number 3721 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 02/80. Builder Number 796297-63. It was rebuilt as as SD40N Number 326. Number 3724 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) February 1980, Builder Number 796297-66. It was retired in December 2008. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern GP40 Number 3029, Southern Pacific U33C Number 8709, and brand new Union Pacific SD40-2's Number 3721 and Number 3724 with a trailer-on-flat car (TOFC) train at Dayton's Bluff, Minnesota on February 16, 1980. Number 3029 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in February 1968 as Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) Number 629. Builder Number 33750. It was rebuilt in in December 1988 as GP40M Number 3507. It became BNSF Number 3006. Number 8709 was built by General Electric Company (GE) 12/71. Builder Number 38116. Number 3721 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 02/80. Builder Number 796297-63. It was rebuilt as as SD40N Number 326. Number 3724 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 02/80. Builder Number 796297-66. It was retired in 12/08. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern SW15s Number 306, Number 307, Number 309 and SD7 Number 6020 in the Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 6, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.
Christianson, AlBurlington Northern SW15s Number 307, former Great Northern 207, and Number 309, former Great Northern 209, in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 6, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.
Christianson, AlBurlington Northern GP50's Number 3107 and Number 3101 on May 1, 1981. Number 3107 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in December 1980 as St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF) Number 797. Builder Number 796331-8. It became BNSF 3107. It was retired in July 1997. It became Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway (CBNS) Number 5007, then Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) Number 5007. Number 3101 was built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in December 1980 as St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF) Number 797. Builder Number 796331-1. It became BNSF 3101. It was retired in July 1997. Photo by Jim Sobie.
Sobie, JimBurlington Northern SW10s Number 393, Number 394 passing under Soo Line bridge in Northtown, Minnesota on March 22, 1981. Number 394 Maintenance base "MPLS Junction" stenciled on the frame. Photo by Al Christianson.
Christianson, AlBurlington Northern SW10 Number 436 and NW2 Number 555, former Chicago, Quncy and Burlington Railroad 9404B, in Kansas City, Missouri on June 20, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.
Christianson, AlBurlington Northern NW2 Number 452, former Great Northern Number 104; SW9 Number 158, former Northern Pacific Number 117; and GP10 Number 1405 in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 20, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.
Christianson, AlBurlington Northern C30-7 Number 5028, built November 1979; C30-7 Number 5082, built April 1980; C30-7 Number 5038, built November 1979, SD40-2 Number 7255, built February 1980; Santa Fe SD40-2 Number unknown; Santa Fe SD40-2 Number unknown; with southbound coal loads at Palmer Lake, Colorado on September 6, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.
Burlington Northern C30-7 Number 5028, built March 1980; C30-7 Number unknown; SD40-2 Number unknown; U30C Number unknown; with southbound coal loads at Fort Worth, Texas on May 31, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.