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May 1, 2005 1:16 pm
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BN 972570 and BN 972571 were at Havre, MT in 1990's. Does anybody know if these are still at Havre or have they moved to Minot or another location. Also do...
Paul, AFIK, yes they are still at Havre. After the conversion of two units to BN 1 & 2 and the one donation to the museum that re-painted it NP the snow plow...
Gents, I'm still trying to track down books that I used to have. There was one that was an all time roster, at the time of publishing, of BN locomotives. ...
" Burlington Northern Locomotives 1970-1996 " by Del Grosso GNP 1999 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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May 4, 2005 3:09 pm
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Dan - its Burlington Northern Railroad Locomotives 1970-1996 published by Great Northern Pacific Publications 1999 Walt Freedman Sausalito, CA ... From:...
Trains magzine printed a list of BN locos gcgourmet <gcgourmet@...> wrote:Gents, I'm still trying to track down books that I used to have. There was...
It looks to me as though the car is in primer paint and has the reflective lettering and striping applied with the pre-mask still in tact and the rest of the...
This car was initially just painted incorrectly as to my understanding. From what I have heard, it has now been repainted in a correct CB&Q color scheme... ...
This waycar has recently been repainted correctly through a program of the Rotary International. BRHS member Bob Hayward brought photos to the Moline meet for...
To start off,I have a BN 1971 Annual that I am using for reference, plus other sources. According to the BN Annual,BN had the following maintenance bases as of...
It seems that NP was a minor player in the Oregon Trunk/Inside Gateway traffic from Washington to California before the merger and later, after the merger, as...
Portland, OR had a roundhouse until the mid-80's. The roudhouse was torn down about 1986. Everything was moved to Vancouver, WA about 1998. They did dailys...
Bill, FRA required Monthly Inspections. Actually West Burlington had an assigned shop switcher but the yard and local power was inspected and maintained at the...
I'm doing a Proto SD45 in BN paint, and I know I need to renumber it, but which units had the 2 window cab sides? Was it just the ex-GN and ex-CB&Q units,...
Thanks Paul, I forgot about the roundhouse at Portland(Duh,Bill!).When was construction started on the Vancouver diesel shop,before or after the merger?What...
Thank you for the info Russ and helping to clear up some points. Was Sioux City,Ia a former GN or CBQ facility? Have a good one. Bill Burge Marion,Iowa...
Updated list of Maintenance Bases and Roundhouses ... bases ... Denver-C&S Childress-FW&D ... major shop facilities(Overhauls,rebuilds,and painting). ...
I have GN Color Pictorial Vol.2 that list maintenance assignments as of October 1969 and I have a NP list of assignments for 1966(it only lists models and...
The orginal roundhouse burnt down in 1970 shortly after the merger. It was used for heavy overhauls and some caboose repair. SP&S built a diesel shop in the...
I'm doing a Proto SD45 in BN paint, and I know I need to renumber it, but which units had the 2 window cab sides? Was it just the ex-GN and ex-CB&Q units,...
... 18th Street Yard was joint facility, I think, although I believe GN was there first, with the Q building their line up from Lincoln after GN and NP bought...
I know about Charlie's site. I also have a complete set of the BN annuals. Some of the photos are not conclusive -- the outside windows can be either ...
... it, but ... ex-CB&Q ... Jeff- You are correct on the GN and Q units not having the "Greenhouse Effect" cab windows as ordered. All of the former NP units...
... Bill, The usual units found on the GN Klamath Division both before and after the merger were GP9s 700-713 and DB equipped SD9s 598-599, purchased for the...
