GN 325 leads an eastbound that I would assume is the Empire Builder near Inverness, MT. Scanned from an Ektachrome transparency that is part of my collection but was not shot by me. No photographe... (more)

A BN helper set waits to push a morning SB to Palmer Lake. The 6398 was built in May 1966 as GN 324 and renumbered BN 9854 prior to getting 6398 and was one of only 4 on the BN roster in 1990 (GN ... (more)

Crews work on ex-BNSF 6327 SDP40 at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's roundhouse, getting it back into Great Northern paint.

In the mid-1960s EMD constructed new passenger power for a handful of railroads. These units were modified freight power - SD35s, SD40s and SD45s with steam generators included. Here we see one ... (more)

Minnesota Transportation Museum volunteers Phil Wellman (left) and Andy Inserra are working on moving the headlight on MTM's SDP40. The locomotive was delivered with a high headlight as Great Nort... (more)

Freshly renumbered and in the middle of being washed, SDP40 325 gleams in the sun ready for its first full season of passenger duty in a long time.

Ready for Passenger Service. Ex-BNSF SDP40 6327, nee-GN 325, has been restored to its BN heritage "Whiteface" scheme and renumbered BN 325 - in the UMLER database its MNTX 325. BN 325's hea... (more)

Helper 4 with SDP40 290 and SD45’s 321, 328, and 331, and Helper 1 with SD70ACe’s 4310, 4313, and 4300 sit on the set out track. The helpers will spend the day on the set out track while a wo... (more)

Run-through Burlington Northern power is serviced at Western Pacific's Oroville yard in northern California. The BN power, combined with a WP engine, shows how colorful the first few years of the... (more)

Of the twenty SDP40s constructed, six belonged to the Great Northern. Burlington Northern SDP40 9850's heritage is obvious, as it has yet to be repainted into BN Cascade Green. The attractive Bi... (more)

A recent addition the Minnesota Transportation Museum fleet, BNSF SDP40 (delivered as Great Northern 325) sits on the house track at the Osceola & St. Croix Valley museum operation in Osceola, WI.... (more)

BNSF SDP40 6327 SAVED!. BNSF Railway donated BNSF 6327 to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. The 6327 (nee-GN 325) is one of six former GN SDP40s 320-325 built in 1966. MTM took delivey ... (more)

Unusual view of an SDP40, one of several SD40's and SDP40's being stripped of internal components for rebuild. Have yet to see if they will be fully scrapped.