The Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) was formed by merger of the BN and Santa Fe in 1995. BNSF serves the western 2/3rds of the U.S. with 32,000 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. Their name was officially changed to "BNSF Railway" in January 2005.

BNSF 2120 at Lacrosse, WI, 4/05/06.  This locomotive is equipped for remote control operation.

BNSF 9874 at Superior, WI, 5/05/01.

   BNSF 9663 at Flagstaff, AZ,  4/26/13.  BNSF owns over  200 of these latest technology loco's w/ A-1-A AC traction trucks.  The middle axle is unpowered with "weight management control" where the middle axle can lift  via the extra cylinders and bell crank (inset) , thus tranferring weight to the powered end axles.   This produces the same tractive effort as a 6-motor DC unit.

  BNSF 9342 at Sterling, CO,  5/08/08.

BNSF 3700 at Sioux City, IA, 5/11/09.

BNSF 3702 at Sioux City, IA, 5/11/09.

BNSF 9315 at Winona, MN, 9/11/09.