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Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1995. Its historical lineage begins in the earliest days of railroading with the chartering in 1848 of the Chicago and Aurora Railroad, a direct ancestor line of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which lends Burlington to the names of various merger-produced successors.
Jun 12, 2023 · History. The history of Burlington Northern began nearly 70 years before its creation. In 1893, James Hill completed his transcontinental Great Northern Railway (GN) between the Puget Sound and St. Paul/Minneapolis although he wasn't the first to do so.
Feb 12, 2024 · Burlington Route map circa 1909. The CB&Q, along with Hill’s other investments, would eventually create the Burlington Northern Railway (BN) in 1970. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (1876-1980) In 1876, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF or the Frisco) helped transform the American heartland.
The Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) was created in 1970 through the consolidation of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, the Great Northern Railway, the Northern Pacific Railway and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. It absorbed the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) in 1980.
Growth History. Since it was formed by the merger of the Burlington Northern and Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railways in 1995, BNSF has continuously grown. We have steadily expanded our network, increased our fleet, offered new services, built new facilities, and more.
Aug 18, 2002 · We exist to preserve the history and chronicle the operation of the Burlington Northern Railroad and its successors, as well as the MRL. For information on historical societies for railroads that merged to become the BN or BNSF, click here.
Mar 6, 2020 · The day Burlington Northern showed the way. On March 2, 1970, six brand-new Burlington Northern GP38s, ordered by Spokane, Portland & Seattle but delivered in the new carrier's image, lead a freight west out of the fog at Cicero, Ill., just outside Chicago. Harold A. Edmonson.
