BN 1976 was specially painted for the U.S. Bicentennial in 1975. The unit was a former GN SDP40 bought in 1966 for passenger service. Of the six units, one made it to Montana Rail Link, BNSF kept ... (more)

My father took this picture of freshly painted BN Bicentennial SDP40 1976 in the Twin Cities in 1975. I recall that he had this photo enlarged into a color print so that I could take it to my kin... (more)

Spirit of '76' 1976. The second BN "Bicentennial" 1976, nee-GN 323/BN 9853/6397. Renumbered back to BN 6397 in January 1979. Only 20 SDP40s built - six for GN and fourteen for NdeM.

This unit is still operational today as GCFX 3093.