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The GE Dash 8-32B (also classified as B32-8 or D8-32B by some railroad companies) is a 4-axle 3,150 hp (2,350 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation between 1984 and 1989. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives. A total of 49 examples of the Dash 8-32B model were built for North American railroads.
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 Northern operated between 1970 and 1995.
Amtrak GE P42DC locomotive #145, which is painted in Amtrak's Phase III scheme, and is one of 16 Amtrak heritage units. A heritage unit or commemorative locomotive is a railroad locomotive painted in an honorary paint scheme; usually the paint scheme is that of a now-defunct railroad that merged with or was acquired by the locomotive's owner.
Railroad Qty Road numbers Notes Santa Fe: 80 900–979 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 ten Great Northern units survived to the Burlington Northern Railroad merger. In BN service, the initial '1' of their numbers was replaced by a '9', and they were repainted into the railroad's green and black scheme. #989 burned in 1978 and was retired, but all other locomotives survived until withdrawal from BN service in 1982; this was a ...
The last 16, 816–831, were low hoods and delivered in the orange and white scheme. To Burlington Northern 5210–5233. Southern Pacific Company: 68: 7500–7567: renumbered 6700–6767 Union Pacific Railroad: 12: 625–632, 637–640: 633–636 ex GE demonstrators 2501–2504. The only railroad, other than the Frisco, to have high short hood ...
Burlington Northern #6139 is preserved and operational on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad. Burlington Northern #6234 (ex-Colorado & Southern #839) is preserved and operational at the Minnesota Transportation Museum. It now operates on the museum's Osceola and St Croix Valley Railway. #6234 is an example of the last variation of SD9 locomotives ...
The cab has been restored to the current BNSF Railway specification for new and re-manufactured locomotives. It is the only locomotive in the world that has been converted to luxury living space available for rent. Dynamic Railway Preservation was raising money to acquire and restore Montana Rail Link F45 #390, formerly Burlington Northern #6644