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BN 2058
Title:  BN 2058
Description:  A GP 20 2058 sits at the Denver roundhouse. Note the "GP 20" plate on the cab side. Many years and a merger later, its still on the unit. To look at this scene, you would not know BN owned a second generation diesel.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 2:32:11 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 2058(GP20) BN 6149(SD9) BN 246(SW1200) BN 113(SW7) BN 6144(SD9)
Views:  944   Comments: 1
First generation power
Title:  First generation power
Description:  The BN at the time had a lot of first generation power still at work, and there was a good representation of it at Denver. One such was this SD 9 at the turntable. There were a lot of then there that day.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 2:34:46 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6149(SD9) BN 119(SW7) BN 6144(SD9) BN 2060(GP20) BN 2050(GP20)
Views:  950   Comments: 1
Heres one for the modelers
Title:  Heres one for the modelers
Description:  The BN engine facility had a bridge crossing over it, which was great for down on shots, like this roof detail shot of an SD 9.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 4:04:59 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6149(SD9)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Yard shot
Title:  Yard shot
Description:  This was taken from the Amtrak 6 as we passed the BN Galesburg yard. Quite a line up.
Photo Date:  8/24/1982  Upload Date: 3/11/2013 1:26:01 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6161(SD9)
Views:  363   Comments: 2
SD 9
Title:  SD 9
Description:  There were a lot of these in Denver that day. They were still the backbone of the local fleet. Note "C&S" lettering next to the BN lettering.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:30:21 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6218(SD9) BN 6175(SD9) BN 6216(SD9)
Views:  852   Comments: 0
Engine facility
Title:  Engine facility
Description:  The BN engine facility in Denver was a great place to check out. Just about anything on the roster could turn up there. In the 80s, it was quite a variety.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:42:36 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 8014(SD40-2) BN 6175(SD9)
Views:  454   Comments: 1
Superior local
Title:  Superior local
Description:  No, its not better than the others. Its at Superior Neb, which was the only place ATSF entered Nebraska at the time. Heres BNs effort in town, behind a pair of SD 9s
Photo Date:  10/10/1984  Upload Date: 8/20/2011 3:11:01 AM
Location:  Superior, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6198(SD9) BN 6202(SD9)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
All kinds of power
Title:  All kinds of power
Description:  The Denver engine facility had all kinds of interesting stuff in it. One unit unique to the BN was the B30-7A(B), a 12 cylinder cabless unit putting out 3000 HP.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 4:03:42 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4019(B30-7AB) BN 8014(SD40-2) BN 6218(SD9) BN 5381(U30C) BN 6205(SD9) ATSF 8142(C30-7)
Views:  1279   Comments: 0
SD 45
Title:  SD 45
Description:  BN 6485 while still on the BN. Like many of their SD45s, it would eventially wind up elsewhere, in this case on the MRL, in a few years.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 2:45:19 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6485(SD45) BN 6218(SD9)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
Yard power
Title:  Yard power
Description:  BN had some interesting power for the 1990s-survivor SD9s and end cab switchers, such as this pair working at Denver.
Photo Date:  4/15/1997  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 12:27:01 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6245(SD9) BN 319(SW1500)
Views:  592   Comments: 2


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