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The Burlington Northern Railroad (reporting mark BN) was a United States–based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington ...
Burlington Route: 16 500–515 High short hood, to Burlington Northern 6240–6255. General Motors-EMD (demonstrators) 4 5579 and 7200–7202 5579 first SD24 built, high hood; 7200–7202 next to last built, low hood with Southern Pacific paint scheme. All sold to UP as numbers 448 (EMD 5579) and 445 – 447 (EMD 7200 – 7202). Kennecott ...
Although four demonstrator SD60MAC units tested on the Burlington Northern proved the viability of EMD's AC traction system, all subsequent orders were for the SD70MAC locomotive. SOO Line EMD SD60 #6032 GMD SD60F, CN 5536 EMD SD60I, CSX 8747, Plymouth, Michigan EMD SD60M (Early model, "Triclops"), UP 2317 EMD SD60M (Late model,
The biggest buyer of this model was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, now Burlington Northern Santa Fe, with 51 units; an additional 25 were delivered in early 1996, during the merger process. The Santa Fe's SD75Ms were the railroad's last new locomotives, with the last new unit, number 250, built in August 1995.
These were PRR #6516-6519. Six additional PRR U25Cs were uprated to 2800 horsepower: 6500-6503, 6510-6511. In early 1966 General Electric began offering the 2800 horsepower U28C. A total of 28 look-a-like U28Cs were built between February 1966 and July 1966 as Chicago Burlington and Quincy #562-577 and Northern Pacific #2800-2811.
The arrangement added 3,000 cars to the FGE's existing equipment pool. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF), [1] the Great Northern's successor. The success of the WFE led to the creation of the Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) in May 1926. Western Fruit Express Roster, 1930–1970:
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: 37: 300–324, 400–411: 322-324 were built with the 567BC engine. To Burlington Northern 6023-6059 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Colorado and Southern Railway) 10: 810–819: To Burlington Northern 6070-6079 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Fort Worth and Denver Railway) 11: 850–860
The model is a 12-cylinder version of the (16 cylinder) Dash 8-40B and is powered by GE's 7FDL engine. The first units built for the Burlington Northern Railroad were labelled by GE as B32-8, while later units built for Norfolk Southern followed GE's practice after 1987 of