| Posted by XE-50W on March 23, 2025 | |
This elderly example of late “1st generation” EMD SD-9’s deserves a bit of background: builder’s date April, 1959 (EMD const.#25156) as C&S #836 – first of their second (and last) order for these units through #842 delivered-in parent CB&Q’s “Chinese red” scheme. Repainted-to BN green/black w/white front (short) “nose” diagonal stripes during mid-1970’s, and re-#’d as BN #6231 in late 1979. Became BNSF #6128 (1st) on 29-Jul-1999, and repainted to “H-1 G”NSF scheme (seen above) on 06-Sep-2000 @ Omnitrax (Loveland, CO). Re#’d BNSF 1720 c.2005 (ES-44AC #6128 [2nd] blt. Oct., 2006 as GE#287 in order #1900 for that following year), to “GN” #1720 when ret.c.2009 and stored pending disposition since then. From p.’s 72 (upper-Lt. col.) & 175 (upper-1/5th, 6th/last row) in BN 1977-80 Annual by F.H. Wagner, Jr. & D.G. Chornell ©1981 Motive Power Services, p.’s 18 (Rt. col.) & 80 (3rd row) in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway 2003 Locomotive Review by R.C. Del Grosso ©2003 Great Northen Pacific Pub., and p.183 “Retirements and Units Held for Disposition” [2nd row under “EMD SD9 (9 units)”] in BNSF Locomotive Directory 2011 - 2012 by P. Wester & P.K. Withers ©2012 Withers Pub.
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