VANCOUVER WA April 24 2013 — BNSF SD9 1550 shows off its new cab and chopped nose. EMD built the unit (b/n 19340) in February 1954 for Great Northern Railway as GN 573. An April 13, 2022, Trains Magazine article by Steve Glischinski records, “No. 573 worked for many years in Superior, Wis. on the GN ore docks and in ore transfer service. It became Burlington Northern No. 6100 when that railroad was formed in March 1970, and later worked for BN in the Twin Cities area. After BNSF Railway was formed in 1995, No. 6100 was selected for a rebuild program to upgrade it with modern components. It was remanufactured in December 1998 by rebuilder VMV with new electronics, an upgraded engine, air conditioning, and a new cab. It also had its high nose chopped down to allow better visibility. In 2006 it was renumbered BNSF 1710, then in 2009 was renumbered again to BNSF 1550.” BNSF has donated the unit to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minn.” (Photo by Charles Stookey)
