Burlington Northern Railroad - Notable Locomotives

Notable Locomotives

Throughout its history, the Burlington Northern had various oddities and interesting test demonstrators/paint schemes:

Burlington Northern Paint Schemes
Locomotive Model Road Numbers Notes
EMD GP40 629 First locomotive experimented in pre-Burlington Northern Livery in 1968.
EMD SD45 & GE U23C 516 – 530, 460 – 468 Pre-Burlington Northern livery designed by the CB&Q in 1969.
EMD GP38 200 – 205 (2072–2077) First new locomotives for the Burlington Northern; ordered by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle in February 1970.
EMD SD40-2 8174 Carried a ‘‘Together at Last’’ BN-SLSF Merger slogan along the walkway.
EMD SD40-2, EMD GP50, EMD SD60 8002, 3110 – 3162, 8300 – 8302 Painted in the experimental High Visibility Tiger Stripes paint scheme.
EMD/GATX GP40G 3079 The first locomotive to receive the Whiteface paint scheme in April 1989.
EMD GP50 3110 & 3112 An alternative version of white with orange "Tiger Stripes" instead of black.
EMD F9A-2, EMD F9B-2, EMD E9A-2 BN-1, BN-2 & BN-3 The first new locomotives painted in the Executive scheme.
EMD GP38-2 2100 The only unit receiving white striping along the front cab section.
EMD GP38 2075 & 2085 #2075 was the first unit painted in a ‘’Pacific Pride’’ Scheme; later temporarly replaced by #2085 after 2075 was reported with fire damage
EMD GP9 1813 & 1863 Received "The National Academy of Railroad Sciences" lettering along the carbodies.
EMD SD60M 1991 Painted to honor the employees serving in Desert Storm.
EMD SD40-2 7149 & 7890 Modified by Energy Conversions Inc. to run on compressed liquefied natural gas (refrigerated liquid methane).
MK GP28M 1522 The only locomotive with Operation Lifesaver logos applied.
EMD SD70MAC 9647 Introduced a proposed Burlington Northern Santa Fe paint scheme.
EMD SD70MAC 9709–9712 9709 – 9710 were the last two new locomotives for the BN delivered in January 1996. 9711 – 9712 are the first new locomotives for BNSF.
EMD GP50, EMD SD40-2 3120 & 7812 The last locomotives painted in Burlington Northern green on August 8, 1996.
MK GP39E 2911 & 2931 Painted in an experimental Cascade Green BNSF scheme.

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