FOBNR.ORG – The historical society focused on the Burlington Northern Railroad, the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, the BNSF Railway and the Montana Rail Link.

BNSF 25th Anniversary Locomotive
Willmar, Minnesota on Oct. 13, 2020, photo by Peter Ferch
FOBNR Freight Car
FBNX 1993 (HO) - Click on image to order decals
BN1 and BN2
Pipestone, Minnesota on July 29, 1992, photo by Jack Keers
BN Intermodal
Near Sandpoint, Idaho on April 30, 1987, photo by Katon Serafine
BNSF Meet
White Earth, North Dakota on September 4, 2010, photo by Al Christianson
BNSF Grain Train
WB loads at Mesa, Washington on August 18, 2002, photo by Dan Simmering
BNSF Oil Empties
NB at Perry, Oklahoma on June 21, 2014, photo by Dave Poplawski
MRL Helper Meet
Blossburg, Montana on June 21, 2013, photo by Dave Poplawski

Welcome to Our Site!

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

On this website you will find all sorts of interesting, informative and useful information about the BN, BNSF and MRL such as locomotive and freight car lists, employee timetables, yard maps and much, much more.

Just pull down one of the menus at the top left of this page and take a gander at what we have to offer.

The information on this site is all free. The cost of maintaining it comes out of the annual dues paid by members of our society plus other donations.

If you find this site useful, consider joining. Members receive our quarterly publication, The BN Expediter, an all color magazine containing all sorts of information and stories about the railroads we cover.