Fifteen SD45s (516-530) were ordered for the CB&Q as the BN merger was coming together in 1968 and were delivered in January 1969, in pre-merger BN green and white Livery. BN renumbered them 6457... (more)
BN 714, former NP 6008D, enjoys some of its last days on BN property. The F7A was sold to Jos. Simon & Sons March 28, 1973. However, BN 714 lived on as a number, replaced by former SP&S no. 803.
Former CB&Q GP20, BN no. 2042, waits for an assignment at North La Crosse at the former Burlington roundhouse alongside a row of freight car wheels. Except for the renumbering, the unit remains pu... (more)
A pair of former CB&Q NW2s rolls a very short transfer job east on the former Great Northern mainline on the north side of the GN station. Most likely its bringing a car from Lyndale yard back to ... (more)
A pair of X-GN F45s mate up with a former CB&Q SD45 at Cicero, IL on a dreary March day in 1974. Newer BN units are in the background along with an older GE unit.