For freight car historians, enthusiasts and modelers, the Burlington Northern was a treasure chest of equipment designs. The huge northwest forest products industry was reflected in the initial Burlington Northern freight car fleet. The pre-merger fleets provided large numbers of 50-foot box cars, wood chip gondolas and lumber flats. The Burlington Northern also had a well-maintained fleet of temperature-controlled cars and a large fleet of grain hoppers. With the development of coal production in the Powder River Basin the coal car fleet expanded greatly.

The Burlington Northern acquired nearly 34,000 new-built cars during it's time. After two and a half decades, in 1995, the BN era ended with the Santa Fe merger. The Green freight cars ended and new and repainted cars appeared in 'BNSF brown'.

Contents:
Box Cars, pp. 4-39;
Covered Hoppers, pp. 40-63;
Flat Cars, pp. 64-67;
Gondolas, pp. 68-84;
Open Hoppers, pp. 85-91;
Intermodal, pp. 92-99;
Temperature Controlled Cars, pp. 100-111;
Tank Cars, pg. 112;
Auto Racks, pp. 113-116;
Non Revenue Cars, pp. 117-120;
Passenger Cars, pp. 121-128.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1161
Price: 46.95 USD

Burlington Northern In Color Vol. 2: A Cascade of Color.

Follow author Jim Boyd as the Burlington Northern merger takes place and its eclectic locomotive roster is organized. Experimental paint schemes and massive renumbering are all well illustrated and detailed.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1298
Price: 46.95 USD

The Burlington Northern caboose fleet is presented in color pictures and roster via the pre-merger numbering system assigned to existing cabooses of the railroads that formed the BN. Includes the 1990-1992 Caboose Rebuild Program, the Univans, and rosters over the years.

Great Northern Pacific Publications, laminated hard cover, 120 pages, 8.75 x 11.25 x .5 in., color photographs and rosters. GNPP106
Price: 42.95 USD

Last Train to Wymore: The Story of a Prairie Local.

This is a mostly-color pictorial of the last seven years of the railroad town of Wymore, Nebraska, once an important division point on the Burlington Railroad. The final decline of rail service to Wymore is documented from the viewpoint of a local freight that operated from Lincoln to Wymore, and those BNSF employees who operated the trains.

This book serves as a sequel to Burlington Route: The Wymore Story, published by South Platte Press, which told of Wymore's rich Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail history. Last Train to Wymore is an informative account of the end of a railroad town and a poignant look at the demise of the once-common local freight train.

Contents:
Introduction, pg. 5;
The Wymore Local, pp. 6-8;
Route of the Wymore Local, pp. 9-17;
Motive Power of the Wymore Local, pp. 18-27;
Union Pacific Bids Farewell, pp. 28-38;
Last Train Out, pp. 39-45;
A New Day, pp. 46-51;
Motive Power on the Beatrice Subdivision Today, pp. 52-54;
Beatrice Area Railroad Enthusiasts-Additional Reading, pp. 55-56.

South Platte Press, soft cover, 56 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., b&w and color photographs (mostly color). SPP150
Price: 21.95 USD

Northwest Passage: 25 Years of Burlington Northern in the Pacific Northwest.

Many spectacular photographs of great western United States scenery!

Contents:
Ch. 1: The Funnel, pp. 12-21;
Ch. 2: Granger Railroading, pp. 22-35;
Ch. 3: Over the Cascades, pp. 36-67;
Ch. 4: North-South Railroad, pp. 68-103;
Ch. 5: Water Grade Through the Mountains, pp. 104-125;
Ch. 6: The Oregon Trunk and The Inside Gateway, pp. 126-141;
Ch. 7: Through Canyons and Coulees, pp. 142-160.

Hundman Publishing, hard cover with jacket, 170 pages, 12 x 9 x .75 in., all color photographs with captions. HP405
Price: 50.95 USD