Burlington Northern GP20 2047 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Chicago Burlington & Quincy 911 in February 1961. When the CB&Q merged with Great Northern, Northern Pacific a... (more)

Georgia Southern units PREX 2053 and 1355 rest at the Fort Valley yard.

BN 2017, former GN 2017 is an example of the first order of GN GP20s made in May 1960. They were set up to operate long hood front, and featured a bell over the front headlight. They also came wit... (more)

Union Pacific's local from East Los Angeles to Anaheim shoves a box car onto an industrial spur as it nears the end of the line on the Anaheim Branch. UP GP20 476, built as UP 706 in July 1960, i... (more)

Portrait in profile. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Union Pacific's local from East Los Angeles to Anaheim shoves a box car onto an industrial spur as it nears the end of the line on the Anaheim Branch. UP GP20 476, built as UP 706 in July 1960, i... (more)

BN 2016 retains its GN appearance in North La Crosse, WI in August 1972. The short hood is the rear of this unit and the GP20s were the final long hood front and high nose road switchers GN acquir... (more)

Looking just like a GN GP20, BN 2006 sits in the snow at Minneapolis at the former GN engine facilities. The only thing missing is the GN logo plaque mounted on the side handrails. GN's GP20 fleet... (more)

A trio of former Milwaukee Road EMD GP20s, now owned by Chicago Central & Pacific, depart the CC’s locomotive facility at Hawthorne Yard at Cicero, Illinois, on November 22, 1986. These EMD GP9s... (more)

DENVER CO Oct 4 1983 — BN GP20 2021 awaits its fate. The unit is former Great Northern 2021 (b/n 26289). It was delivered in November 1960. BN retired it in November 1981. My photo.

A Santa Fe freight cruises eastbound through Toluca, Illinois, powered by EMD GP20 No. 3032, along with a GP7u and another GP20, on April 16, 1994.

A City of Prineville freight arrive back at Prineville after a trip to the BNSF connection at Prineville Junction near Redmond, Oregon, on September 28, 2016. The train is powered by No. 989, a fo... (more)

Switching the Industrial Park

Of the seventy-five Santa Fe GP20s, only sixteen were merger painted.

At 9:54 a.m. on April 16, 1994, an eastbound Santa Fe freight rolls through Toluca, Illinois, led by venerable ATSF EMD GP20 No. 3032. Even near the end of its existence, Santa Fe could deliver a ... (more)