Burlington Northern 8178 leading a train in Big Lake, Minnesota on August 24, 1980. Number 8178 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number 786256-89. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern 8167 leading a train in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 6, 1982. Number 8167 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number 786256-78. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern 8158 leading a train in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 7, 1981. Number 8158 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number 786256-69. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern 8155 leading a train in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 6, 1982. Number 8155 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number 786256-66. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern 8139 leading a train in Big Lake, Minnesota on June 7, 1981. Number 8139 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number 786256-50. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern 8087 leading a train at Dayton's Bluff in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 10, 1981. Number 8087 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number A3766.

Burlington Northern 8034 leading a train on Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 19, 1980. Number 8034 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number 786216-4. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern 7862 leading a train at Valley City, North Dakota on February 20, 1981. Number 7862 is a SD40-2 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD), builder's number 786001-7. Photo by Al Christianson.

Boise Cascade log yard at Hoquiam, Washington, in January 1975. Log loading yard, Burlington Northern flatcars loaded with logs. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson . Other Subject Classes: loading yard, freight car

Astoria and South Coast tracks near Gearhart, Oregon, undated. From the Oregon Historical Society Collection.