| Locomotive Details |
Location/Date of Photo |
» Burlington Northern Railroad (more..)
» EMD SD9 (more..) |
» MTM's Jackson St. Roundhouse (more..)
» Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (more..)
» December 20, 2007 |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» BN 6234 (more..)
» Unknown |
» Ralph Back (more..)
» Contact Ralph Back |
| Remarks: BN Heritage - NEW Paint. BN SD9 6234 (nee-C&S 839 b/d 4-59) has just returned from Wisconsin & Southern's Horicon, WI paint shop with a new coat of BN "Cascade" Green and retaining the BN 6234 road number. The 6234 also received a complete cab interior repaint. The MNTX FRA reporting mark has not yet been applied. As delivered to MTM by BNSF in October 2003, see my photo of BNSF 6234. MNTX 6234 is in regular service pulling weekend train rides from Osceola, WI on CN's North Division Dresser Sub. |
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Posted by Bob Pittenger on December 21, 2007
Kudos to BNSF for doing that. Now if only CSX would repaint some Chessies or Western Marylands. |
Posted by Kurt Clark on December 21, 2007
It looks great! |
Posted by John Sweet on December 21, 2007
Minnesota Nice! |
Posted by Larz on December 21, 2007
Wow, it looks wonderful! Hopefully there's plans to paint some Great Northerns in the Empire Builder scheme as well. |
Posted by Mike Bjork on December 21, 2007
Thats a heritage unit I can set my watch to! Looks beautiful! |
Posted by John Turner on December 22, 2007
Very nice |
Posted by Mike Bargmann on December 22, 2007
This unit is not a BN and was painted for the MTM, not the BNSF. Its reporting marks are MNTX which were above the number-boards on a magnet during transit. The magnet has obviously been removed during this photo. The AEI tag and bluecard are MNTX 6234. |
Posted by Joe Bera on December 22, 2007
Whomever this unit was painted for, an outstanding job was done. |
Posted by Louis Becker on December 25, 2007
Very fitting that this heritage unit is an "old reliable" SD9. However, as previously stated, this unit was delivered to MTM as BNSF 6234 and was changed directly to MNTX. It was never changed back to the BN reporting mark, but we can continue dreaming. :-) |
Posted by Batman on December 25, 2007
This is NOT a BNSF heritage unit , it was restored for the Minnesota Transportation Museum , for their display only. |
Posted by J. C. Smith, Jr. on January 3, 2008
Indeed, the railroad is doing all it can to eradicate it's heritage images, as it is no longer known as the Burlington Northern Santa Fe," but is now the BNSF Railroad. But thanks to the MTM's efforts and Ralph's spectacualr photo, this is one heck of a Christmas present! |
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