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BN U30C 1776
Title:  BN U30C 1776
Description:  Burlington Northern Bicentennial U30C 1776 at Clyde, Illinois on May 21, 1975, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection. You don't often see the hoses painted to match.
Photo Date:  5/21/1975  Upload Date: 12/10/2012 3:15:45 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 1776(U30C)
Views:  1252   Comments: 0
BN U30CB 4500
Title:  BN U30CB 4500
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad U30CB 4500 at Guernsey, Wyoming on October 1, 1981, Kodachrome by Jim Altman, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 4500 was originally U30C 5336. It was wrkcked in Cassa, Wyoming in July 1981. It was rebuilt at West Burlington, Iowa and orgginally numbered 800B, though it never wore that number. It was renumbered 4500 and was active until retired on February 11, 1987, cannibalized for parts at West Burlingtoc on May 4, 1987, and sold to Precision National Corporation on November 11, 1987.
Photo Date:  10/1/1981  Upload Date: 12/13/2013 12:47:47 PM
Location:  Guernsey, WY
Author:  Jim Altman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4500(U30C)
Views:  2005   Comments: 0
BN U30C 5301
Title:  BN U30C 5301
Description:  BN U30C 5301 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in April 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in May 1975 (c/n 40391). retired in September 1990. This is the second U30C numbered 5301, and quoting from the book, "BN Annual 1975-1976", here is the story; "The only new power delivered in 1975 was 30 U30C's units 5300-5305 (2nd) , 5353-5364 (2nd), Locotrol masters 5834-5839, and Locotrol remores 5939-5944. A total of 26 of the new U30C's went into dead storage (upon delivery) before a turnaround in business came in late July. Wonder how to tell the first and second seri{s of 5300's apart? Here are some noticeable differences: Anti-climber pilot on the new units (2nd 5300's) , round-top headlight on new units, flat top on old units, no Locotrol antenna on new units, new-style door latches on new units (photos used in the book show a round opening for the older style and a square opening for the new style), no sight glasses on new units." For the record, the first 5300's were six U30C's 5300-5305 built in January-February 1972 (c/n 38241-38246), re-numbered 5800-5805 in October 1973. They were Locotrol master units.
Photo Date:  4/1/1981  Upload Date: 11/13/2008 10:38:30 AM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 5301(U30C)
Views:  963   Comments: 1
BN U30C 5323
Title:  BN U30C 5323
Description:  BN U30C 5323, Alliance, Nebraska, September 27, 1982, photo by Jim Altman, Chuck Zeiler collecpion. Built in April 1972 (c/n 38353), it was retired in February 1987. Although built after the introduction of the U33C (1968), the BN was more interested in tractive effort than high horsepower for its coal business, so an order was placed in 1972 for 20 U30C's (5300-5319), and followed up that order wiwh another for 15 additional U30C's (5320-5334) before the first order arrived.
Photo Date:  9/27/1982  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 12:37:34 PM
Location:  Alliance, NE
Author:  Jim Altman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 5323(U30C)
Views:  1237   Comments: 0
BN U30C 5372
Title:  BN U30C 5372
Description:  BN U30C 5372 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in February 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1874 (c/n 39931) it was retired in July 1993.
Photo Date:  2/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 1:28:15 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 5372(U30C)
Views:  702   Comments: 1
BN GP39-2 2715
Title:  BN GP39-2 2715
Description:  BN GP39-2 2715 at Clyde, Illinois on September 14, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 7/20/2013 12:27:56 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 2715(GP39-2) BN 5381(U30C)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
BN U30C 5381
Title:  BN U30C 5381
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad U30C 5381 at Clyde, Illinois on September 14, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 10:33:33 AM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 5381(U30C)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
BN U30C 5386
Title:  BN U30C 5386
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad U30C 5386 at Clyde, Illinois on September 14, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 11:08:22 AM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 5386(U30C)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
BN SD40 6305
Title:  BN SD40 6305
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad SD40 6305 at Clyde, Illinois on May 19, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1971 (c/n 5801-6), it was retired from the BN in April 1991, became HLCX 6100, and later went to Mexico to become TFM 1503.
Photo Date:  5/19/1982  Upload Date: 8/23/2009 7:32:21 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6305(SD40) BN 5389(U30C)
Views:  892   Comments: 0
BN SD40-2 7040
Title:  BN SD40-2 7040
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad SD40-2 7040 at Clyde, Illinois on February 7, 1985, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/7/1985  Upload Date: 2/15/2016 8:12:40 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 7040(SD40-2) BN 5396(U30C) BN 4076(B30-7AB)
Views:  867   Comments: 0
BN U30C3 5827
Title:  BN U30C3 5827
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad U30C3 5827 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. It is stenciled U30C3 by the front step, and on the panel below the cab it is stenciled C30-7. Given the radiator configuration, I went for U30C3.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/14/2014 10:25:46 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 5827(U30C)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
N&W GP40 1383
Title:  N&W GP40 1383
Description:  Jorfolk and Western GP40 1383 at BN's Cicero, Illinois yard on an unknown day in September 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 11/19/2012 12:15:57 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NW 1383(GP40) BN 5827(U30C)
Views:  1177   Comments: 0
BN U30C 5833
Title:  BN U30C 5833
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad U30C 5833 at Galesburg, Illinois on an unknown day in November 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  11/1/1981  Upload Date: 12/14/2014 11:15:07 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 5833(U30C)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
BN U30C 5908
Title:  BN U30C 5908
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad U30C 5908 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in April 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1981  Upload Date: 4/4/2014 1:34:28 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 5908(U30C)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
BN U30C 5931
Title:  BN U30C 5931
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad Whiting Trackmobile at Alliance, Nebraska on August 10, 1983, Kodachrome by Jim Altman, Chuck Zbiler collection. Jim notes on the slide mount; BN Whiting Trackmobile pulls GE U30C 5931 and EMD SW1 91.
Photo Date:  8/10/1983  Upload Date: 9/18/2017 6:02:48 PM
Location:  Alliance, NE
Author:  Jim Altman
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 5931(U30C) BN TRACKMOBIL(UNKNOWN) BN 91(SW1)
Views:  1451   Comments: 0


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