Burlington Northern: Western Coal Connection (1970s) Part 2

Part 2 of 2
A documentary produced by Burlington Northern Railroad in the late 1970s to highlight the construction and completion of the Gillette-Orin (Wyoming) coal line.
Part 1: • Burlington Northern: W...

[@peterdibble]

Came for the trains... stayed for the funk.

[@Belleville197]

that green and white spike is amazing

[@MilesMulloy]

I was the fourth train to pass Reno that day and Rick Stein still has most of the banner, just saw it last week.

[@microbusss]

heh Makes me curious as to where that BN spike is now

[@NW611]

Same

[@O-PAC]

4:02 Glad to see the Katy makes an appearance!

[@timpriddy349]

Get down........with that funky music

[@seankolker]

Gotta wonder if these guys ever see a concrete tie machine,and think where was that at in the 70`s,neat history video. Reno Junction see`s alota trains today!

[@skinnyshit8888]

@RCdash9 yes they did, this is the powder river basin route :D

[@wildfire19861987]

4:03
Awesome lashup!

[@Landaux]

I wonder if that same rail is still there?

[@bradjames6748]

Edgar Kaiser the steel magnate approached BN about hauling Elk valley coal out of Canada and When CP heard about it they not only built the line to tidewater in Vancouver but built the entire transload facility at Robert's Bank 1200 yards north of the U.S. Canada border

[@AndrewNeilFalconer]

It looks like some of the Coal Gondolas with Rotary Couplers were built by FMC.

[@skinnyshit8888]

i i want remastered music from this movie!

[@FrAnK34811]

at 2:00 this is a true professional

[@bradjames6748]

Tie tops.....mmmmm

[@cheap25]

And now it’s Michelob time

[@skinnyshit8888]

Whoever drove that first train has got to be the luckiest person alive

[@freighttrainsahpassing9790]

So interesting : )

[@Blueberry-xt2wy]

Where is that located?

[@MilwaukeeSDman]

I need the song @ 2:52 I want to make my friends die laughing

[@Belleville197]

Funk drove everything back then... even trains :P

[@containershipfan]

me too

[@talamore4life]

and then comes the steal gang classic line

[@MegaAlan87]

BN + ATSF = BNSF 25 aniversario luego dos compañías ferrocarril ATSF y BN en los años 90s asi se fusionar a BNSF un año atrás BNSF presento una locomotora Heritage BNSF 25 aniversario varios división la compañía como BNSF, Santa Fe, BN,Great Northern,Chico y mas hasta ahora siga expansión en la Unión Americana, Canadá y ahora en el territorio Mexicano gracias al tratados Temec antes TLC.

[@airplanebuilderman]

To bad I'm color blind and can't work at the railroad.

[@1977kb0wqh1996]

The man at time 2:00 should have been the man who had the honor (unless there was someone who could drive the spikes faster) to drive that final spike home. No way should it have been that fat-assed corporate from BN!