Rail transportation in the United States includes freight and passenger service. Freight moves along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads that also extend into Canada
A BNSF engine leads an empty crude oil train up the grade to Mountainair, New Mexico
The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826
The Canton Viaduct, built in 1834, is still in use today on the Northeast Corridor.
The celebration at the meeting of the railroad in Promontory Summit, Utah in May 1869
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway is the largest of the many freight railroads in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, 33,400 miles of track in
Rail transportation in the United States
…increased. After the Staggers Act, many railroads merged, forming major systems, such as CSX and Norfolk Southern, in the Eastern United States, and BNSF Railway, in the Western United States; Union Pacific Railroad also purchased some competitors. Another result of the Staggers Act was the rise of shortline…
BNSF train going through Olathe, Kansas
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #1041 leading a manifest freight train northwest of Shallowater, Texas, running on former ATSF railroad tracks that run parallel to U.S. Route 84 as they cross the high plains of the Llano Estacado. Immediately behind the locomotive are cars painted in the old Burlington Northern livery.
Ex. Burlington Northern BNSF SD40-2, sitting in Galveston, Texas, alongside many other locomotives.
The BNSF 'heritage' logo found on an EMD SD70MAC. The colors of the logo represented the railroads that are part of BNSF.