Burlington Northern Railroad
The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1995.
With three of four predecessor railroad locomotives in a five-unit consist, BN 5738, a GE U33C, departs Livingston, Montana in August 1971.
Main line heading north out of Seattle, Washington along the shore of Puget Sound
Burlington Northern used fuel tenders between specially equipped locomotives in areas that lacked service facilities. BNSF has eliminated this practice with the construction of new facilities like the Hauser Refueling Facility in Rathdrum, Idaho.
NW2 510 at Aurora, Illinois
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad. Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West".
Texas Zephyr postcard
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4-6-0 steam locomotive 710 on static display at Iron Horse Park.
A Zephyr arriving at East Dubuque, Illinois
Burlington locomotive hauling an express freight c. 1967. These locomotives were also used for the Zephyr passenger trains.
