Burlington Northern Locomotives

Photos by Mike Condren

B39-8s

This southbound freight is seen passing through the Harvard, AR yard on August 5, 1995.

I raced back to Memphis and caught this train again at Kansas Ave.

A westbound freight is headed by one of the leased LMX engines in Memphis at Kansas Ave on May 8, 1993.

LMX 8502 is seen again at Kansas Ave in Memphis, this time southbound in August 1997.

This westbound freight is seen at Kansas Ave in Memphis on June 29, 1997.

Another westbound freight is headed by a LMX B39-8 at Kansas Ave in Memphis on July 14, 1996.

These B39-8s are seen in Blytheville, AR on May 27, 1996.

These 2 LMX B39-8s are seen on the point of a southbound freight approaching Kansas Ave in mid-1991.

This B39-8 is the trailing unit of a westbound freight passing Kansas Ave in Memphis on May 27, 2000.

This southbound freight is seen passing through Olive Branch, MS on June 30, 1990.

This B39-8 is seen at the engine terminal of West Yard in Springfield, MO on a very hot August 13, 1996 as evidenced from the fact that the shot was taken from the shade of the Kansas Ave overpass.

This B39-8 is seen heading a stack train as it approches Kentucky St in Memphis.

A westbound freight is seen at Kansas Ave in Memphis in May 1995.

Another westbound freight headed by a B39-8 at Kansas Ave in Memphis on August 27, 1995.

This westbound freight is seen approaching the station in Hinsdale, IL on July 30, 1994.

A southbound piggy back freight is stopped at a signal at Old Union Station in Kansas City, MO on August 8, 1988 (8/8/88).

Another piggy back is seen at the same signal at Old Union Staation on August 8, 1988 (8/8/88).

This B39-8 is seen as the trailing unit of a westbound freight at Kansas Ave in Memphis in August 1997.

This eastbound freight is seen at Mounds City Road in West Memphis, AR in March 1996.

Once again at Kansas Ave in Memphis, we see a southbound freight on July 27, 1990.

This LMX B39-8 is coupled to a BN fuel car in this train at Kentucky St in Memphis on May 6, 1989.

A westbound freight is headed by 2 LMX B39-8s at Kansas Ave in Memphis on July 26, 1990.

The train is seen again in the yard at Harvard, AR.

We see 8554 again, this time on a westbound freight passing through Hinsdale, IL on Augus 6, 2000.

LMX 8558 is seen passing Kentucky St in Memphis on May 6, 1989.

This westbound BN stack train is seen approaching Joliet Union Station in Illinois on March 27, 1999.

This westbound BN freight is seen at Kansas Ave meeting an eastbound SP freight.

This eastbound freight with fuel car between 2nd and 3rd units of the consist are seen approaching and passing Kentucky St in Memphis on April 1, 1989.

This eastbound freight is seen passing Kentucky St on April 1, 1989.

This eastbound freight has 3 LMX B39-8s in the consist at Kansas Ave on April 4, 1999.

This northbound BN freight is seen approaching and passing Gratiot St Tower in downtown St Louis, MO on May 26, 1989.

This westbound freight is seen at Kansas Ave on July 14, 1996.

This westbound freight is seen passing the station at Hinsdale, IL on August 6, 2000.

This westbound piggy back train is seen at Kentucky St in Memphis on May 6, 1989.

This eastbound piggy back freight is seen at Kansas Ave in Memphis one week later than the earlier shot of the locomotive on May 13, 1989.

This westbound intermodal is seen approaching Kentucky St in Memphis on August 2, 1992.

This eastbound freight is seen approaching Kentucky St in Memphis on May 8, 1993.

This eastbound freight is at Kansas Ave in Memphis on Sept. 22, 1996.

This eastbound stack train is seen on the embankment above the suburban commuter station in Aurora, IL on August 18, 1995.

This westbound freight is seen passing Kentucky St in Memphis on May 26, 1996.

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