In the late 1990s, BNSF Railway had just completed its merger and the new company needed more locomotives immediately. General Electric Transportation constructed several orders of C44-9W “Dash-9” type locomotives for BNSF, including an order for about 100 locomotives that was placed by the Santa Fe railroad prior to the merger. These locomotives were delivered in the classic Santa Fe red and silver “Superfleet” paint scheme, but with BNSF lettering. You can still see many of these locomotives p

Here is an interesting mix of locomotives. BNSF leads, with the UP's MoPac heritage unit next... and after that is the Norfolk Southern Virginian heritage unit - and that is followed by two BN green units! From "Heritage Unit Roundup". On sale for $14.95: http://rfd.video/HeritageRoundup | Railfan Depot

Today BNSF proudly celebrates 175 years of service! On February 12, 1849, the Illinois General Assembly chartered the very first BNSF predecessor: the Aurora Branch Railroad. Just a six-mile-long track between Batavia, Illinois, and West Chicago, the Aurora Branch chugged along with borrowed equipment and secondhand steel tracks. Little did the branch line, nor the developing American economy, know this small railway would grow into one of the largest North American railroads. Now the BNSF netwo