BN 6114 shows off its rear short hood which received a simple white band wrapped around it when GN adopted the Big Sky Blue scheme in 1967. The SD9 is parked next to the roundhouse at Belknap Yard... (more)
BN 6115 and 6106, former GN SD9s, sit at Allouez Yard, Superior, WI, between assignments. Allouez Yard was GN & BN's major ore facilities that mixed raw are historically to load in ore dock pocket... (more)
First generation EMD power dominated BN operations in Iron Range country in the early years of the merger. Midnight on a nice summer July evening witnesses BN 6111, SD9, BN f7B 779, an NW2 and a s... (more)
BN 6114 shows off its "Y" front end, a feature of the GN Big Sky Blue scheme. 100 units lower, BN 6014, an SD7, is in the early 60s simplified scheme. Both are at the roundhouse at Belkn... (more)
The SD7/SD9 fleet of the Great Northern which dominated the Missable Division is being invaded by newer EMD SDs in the form of SD40s & 40-2s by 1975. BN 6009 is one of several seen at the Belknap ... (more)