Out of the many motive power models seen during October, 1996, was an SD45B on this BNSF westbound near Supai Summit. From the BKVP show "BNSF in the Arizona Forest" https://rfd.video/AZForest | Railfan Depot

Our agricultural and railroad heritages go hand in hand. In the early years, farmers and the railroad survived and flourished because of each other. And today, that relationship still powers BNSF Railway. But we not only work together with farmers, many of us ARE farmers. Because so many of our people have lived the farming life, they bring an understanding of agriculture customers’ needs to work with them every day. #agriculture #farming | BNSF Railway

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

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