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BN SW1200 178 |
| Description: |
BN SW1200 178 at Clyde, Illinois, December 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 178 was built in March 1955 as NP 119 (c/n 20328) on EMD Order 4290, became BN 178, was retired by the BN in August 1986, and later became Granite City Steel 1190. Number ET-1 was built in April 1942 as a Baldwin VO-660, NP road number 130 (c/n 64246), converted to Electric Trailer ET-1 at the NP's South Tacoma Shops in February 1959. It was retired by the BN on February 22, 1988 and sold to Azcon Corp. in June 1988. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1981 Upload Date: 12/3/2010 4:14:43 PM |
| Location: |
Clyde (subdivision), IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 178(SW1200) BN ET-1(Yard Slug) |
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1993 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BN ET-1 |
| Description: |
Burlington Northern ET-1 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in December 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number ET-1 was built by Baldwin in April 1942 as Northern Pacific Railway VO-660 130 ( c/n 64246 ), renumbered to NP 652 in 1956, converted to Electric Trailer ET-1 by the NP South Tacoma Shops in February 1959, became BN ET-1 sometime after March 2, 1970, retired February 22, 1988, sold to Azcon Corporation in June 1988. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1981 Upload Date: 12/22/2012 2:20:45 PM |
| Location: |
Clyde (subdivision), IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BN ET-1(Yard Slug) |
| Views: |
3030 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BN SW1200 179 |
| Description: |
BN SW1200 179 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 23, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 179 was built in March 1955 as NP 120 (c/n 20329) on EMD Order 4290, and became BN 179 some time after the merger. At some point it was converted to power Electric Trailer 2, former NP Baldwin VO-660 number 650, rebuild completed in May 1960 by NP's South Tacoma Shops. Note the "skate" radio antenna above the headlight. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/1984 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 2:53:02 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 179(SW1200) BN ET-2(Yard Slug) |
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1307 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BN ET-2 |
| Description: |
Burlington Northern Railroad ET-2 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 23, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The assigned master unit was SW1200 179, built in March 1955 as NP 120 ( c/n 29329 ). This Electric Trailer (ET-2) was originally Northern Pacific Baldwin VO-660 128, built in May 1940 ( c/n 62392 ), renumbered to NP 650 in 1956, converted in May 1960 by the NP South Tacoma Shops to Electric Trailer ET-2, became BN ET-2 sometime after March 2, 1970, retired February 22, 1988, retired February 22, 1988, sold to Azcon Corporation in June 1988. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/1984 Upload Date: 3/20/2009 11:33:55 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BN ET-2(Yard Slug) BN 179(SW1200) |
| Views: |
3005 Comments: 1 |
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