Burlington Northern Locomotives

Photos by Mike Condren

GP50s

This westbound freight is seen entering West Yard in Springfield, MO in March 1984.

These units are in the engine terminal of Cherokee Yard in Tulsa, OK in May 1984.

This eastbound freight is seen passing Kentucky street in Memphis on August 22, 1981 while meeting a westbound Southern freight.

This locmotive was ordered by the Frisco but was delivered after the merger in BN colors. Here it is seen approaching Kentucky St in Oct. 1981.

This eastbound freight is seen passing through Sedgwick, AR in March 1984.

These units are seen in Thayer, MO in March 1984.

This former Frisco unit is seen in Tennessee Yard in Memphis as it prepared for a trip south in Oct. 1981.

Our business train is then seen passing through Olive Branch, MS in Oct. 1981.

THis southbound unit grain train is seen in West Yard in Springfield, MO on June 19, 1981.

These units are in Cherokee Yard in Tulsa, OK in May 1984.

This northbound freight was seen at Kansas Ave on August 22, 1981, my first weekend in Memphis after moving there.

BN 3106 is seen stopped alongside of SSW 2517 at Kansas Ave in Memphis in Sept. 1983 before proceeding east.

This westbound freight is seen at Kentucky St in Memphis in Oct. 1981.

This southbound freight is seen in Truman, AR on March 21, 1985.

This northbound freight is seen passing the station at Mamouth Springs, AR on the Thayer Sub on March 21, 1985.

This BN intermodal is seen passing a freight on the north UP track and then meeting a westbound UP freight at Kentucky St in Memphis on July 14, 1996.

This interesting consist is seen at Kansas Ave in Memphis on May 19, 1996.

This "tiger stripe" GP50 is seen in the West Bottoms of Kansas City on August 9, 1988.

This westbound freight is seen from the Grand Ave bridge in St Louis on Sept. 19, 1993.

This "tiger stripe" is seen at Kansas Ave in Memphis-May 20, 1989.

The train is now seen crossing Kentucky St outside the "tower" that controlled the UP/SSW tracks across the Mississippi River bridge and to Bridge Jct. and a few miles west.

This eastbound freight is seen at Kansas Ave in Memphis on June 28, 1997.

This westbound freight is seen approaching Kentucky St and is meeting an eastbound with Santa Fe power on August 6, 1995.

This westbound freight is seen at Kansas Ave in Memphis on Feb. 29, 1992.

Here is another westbound freight at Kansas Ave on July 16, 1995.

Here is an eastbound freight approaching Kansas Ave in Memphis.

This eastbound stack train is seen at Hinsdale, IL on Jul7 30, 1994.

This "tiger stripe" is seen in Memphis on May 6, 1989.

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