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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:  1172   Comments: 1
GP 20
Title:  GP 20
Description:  BN still had quite a few of these in the early 80s. They lasted quite a while, despite a reputation for having turbo issues.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:27:12 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 2052(GP20)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
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:  1113   Comments: 1
GP 20
Title:  GP 20
Description:  GP 20s were common in local service into the late 1980s on BN, among other roads. Heres one at Centralia Ill.
Photo Date:  2/22/1986  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 3:53:43 AM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2058(GP20)
Views:  828   Comments: 0
Ft Scott Sub north
Title:  Ft Scott Sub north
Description:  A through train rolls north toward Kansas City. There was not much in the area at the time I took this. You would not recognize it now, and you can hardly get to the tracks.
Photo Date:  2/19/1986  Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:26:28 AM
Location:  Olathe, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 5329(U30C) BN 7058(SD40-2) BN 6369(SD40-2) BN 4050(B30-7AB) BN 2068(GP20) BN 8174(SD40-2)
Views:  948   Comments: 0
Track geometry car
Title:  Track geometry car
Description:  This car was working through Lenexa the day I was there. We see the observation end of the car, where the equipment operator works.
Photo Date:  2/19/1986  Upload Date: 11/10/2014 2:56:41 AM
Location:  Lenexa, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station
Locomotives:  BN 2068(GP20)
Views:  1108   Comments: 2
Geometry train
Title:  Geometry train
Description:  One of the trains I saw during the couple of days I was in Kansas City was this track geometry train, behind of all things, a GP 20.
Photo Date:  2/20/1986  Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:06:00 AM
Location:  Lenexa, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2068(GP20)
Views:  702   Comments: 1


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