BNSF Railway

BNSF 650 at Bealville

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I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed taking them. The BNSF has come to dominate Northwest Railroading in the 21st century.

Steve Sloan's Trains : Burlington Northern Santa Fe : 0-999

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BNSF Derailment (No Number)

Derailment at William's Junction
Wrecked vehicles and equiment being cleared on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at Garland Prarie Rd., Williams Jct., AZ, derailment site, on BNSF Railway's Seligman Subdivision.

BNSF 169, EMD GP60

BNSF 169 is an EMD GP60. Reportedly: BNSF 169 was built in 1988 by EMD as ATSF 4010 serial number 876031-11. It became BNSF 8710 then BNSF 169.
BNSF 169 on an eastbound at Shed 10
BNSF Railway (BNSF) 7128 is leading an eastbound at Shed 10 on Saturday, August 8, 2015. The headend power is BNSF 7128, 7885, 8346, 169.
BNSF 650 GE Dash 9-44CW
This exATSF GE Dash 9-44CW, still in faded warbonnet paint, leads a set that includes KCS 4120, a new SD70ACe, at Bealville, CA on April 13, 2008.

BNSF 680, GE Dash 9-40CW

BNSF 680 is a GE C44-9W. Reportedly BNSF 680 was built by GE in 1994 as a C44-9W, ATSF 680, builder's number 48159. After the merger it became BNSF 680.
BNSF 680 on an intermodal at Ash Hill
In Ash Hill, CA 2:50 p.m., Thursday, April 15, 2021, an Eastbound BNSF Intermodal has BNSF 8135, 6678 and warbonnet 680.

BNSF 718 GE Dash 9-40CW

Warbonnet in Riverbank
BNSF Warbonnet GE Dash 9-44CW 718 is leading 4332, 4038 and two others in Riverbank, CA at 7 pm on a warm July 30, 2008.
  • Photo of 718
    Nikon D2Hs Digital Image: 2008073101.334
  • Photo of train
    Nikon D2Hs Digital Image: 2008073101.352
BNSF 731 GE Dash 9-44CW | Roster Shot
BNSF 731, a GE Dash 9-44CW, in warbonnet paint, was the rear DPU on a southbound Manifest led by the 4104, captured at Clear Creek Junction at 2:40 p.m. on June 4, 2011. BNSF 731 is next captured at Arlington Rd., Moccasin, in Plumas County, California at 3:50 p.m. on June 4, 2011.
Nikon F3, Kodak Ektar 100 Neg Film.

BNSF 747, GE C44-9W

BNSF 747 is a GE C44-9W. Reportedly: BNSF 747 was built by GE in 1997 as a C44-9W serial number 50030.
BNSF 747 leading a Bealville train
At Bealville, CA, at 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 26, 2008, a southbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) train is led by the 747, 715, 4530 and one more.

BNSF 750, GE C44-9W

BNSF 750 is a GE C44-9W. Reportedly: It was built by GE in 1997, serial number 50033.
Two Trains at Fenner
On Friday, June 9, 2023, BNSF 6872, 4421 and 750 are on the point of an eastbound empty grain train sitting at Fenner, CA, on BNSF's Needles Subdivision, at 5:35 p.m. A westbound 4+0 intermodal train with 8045, 8016, 7219 and 4149 goes roaring past.

BNSF 765 GE Dash 9-44CW

Warbonnet on a baretable
BNSF 765, a GE Dash 9-44CW, in warbonnet paint, leads 4939 and a baretable out of Tunnel 3 between Bealville and Cliff, CA on September 5, 2008.
  • Photo of train
    Black and White Nikon F5, Scan 2008092902.2v3
  • Photo of 765
    Black and White Nikon F5, Scan 2008092902.3v3
BNSF 782 GE Dash 9-44CW
At 6:45 pm on May 15, 2013 BNSF 782, a GE Dash 9-44CW, in warbonnet paint is in a stack train led by 5289. It's going into Tunnel 2 in the Tehachapi mountains, east of Bakersfield, CA.

BNSF 783, GE Dash 9-44CW

BNSF 783 is a GE Dash 9-44CW. Reportedly: it was built in 1997 serial 50066.
Westbound at East Valentine
On the afternoon of Sunday, June 23, 2024, a westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) intermodal at East Valentine, AZ is led by BNSF 8794, 8198, 5936 and warbonnet 783.

BNSF 890 GE C40-8W

Dash 8 at Bealville
BNSF C40-8W 890 leads a grain train with 1006 and 4415 around the curve at Bealville, CA at 1:45 p.m. on October 25, 2008.
  • Photo of Grain Train
    Nikon D2Hs Digital Image 2008102601.40v2
BNSF 998 GE C44-9W
  • On May 5, 2012 BNSF 998, 5003, 704 and 4944 lead a train waiting for clearance to enter territory made dark by copper thieves at Cameron, CA.
    Pentax 6x7 with SMC Takumar 150mm 2.8 lens, Fuji Reala film, Machine Scan Digital Image: 2012050801.6

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