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BN SD9 6150 |
| Description: |
Burlington Northern Railroad SD9 6150 at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in March 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in July 1955 as CB&Q SD9 348 (c/n 20558) on EMD Order 5399, it became BN 6150 and later BNSF 6150. It still has evidence of a steam generator. Also seen is PNC SD10 (or maybe an SD18, SD20, or perhaps SD24m, I'm not sure, depends on where you find the information, each author is different) 1852, built in September 1959 as UP SD24 427. Early in 1980, Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt five ex-UP SD24's for PNC, de-turbocharging them and disabling the dynamic brakes (blisters are blanked over), producing an 1800 horsepower locomotive. Three were leased by the BN for a time, this one was completed January 18, 1980 and became C&NW 6647 on March 31, 1982. It apears that the sand tower is leaking. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1980 Upload Date: 8/8/2009 10:57:03 AM |
| Location: |
Clyde (subdivision), IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6150(SD9) PNCX 1852(SD18M) |
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| Title: |
PNC SD18m 1852 |
| Description: |
Precision National SD18m 1852 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, April 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1852 was built in September 1959 as UP SD24 427 (c/n 25385) on EMD Order 5602, delivered to the UP with an EMD low short hood. In October 1977, this unit and four other UP SD24's (#'s 407, 416, 418, 421 and 427) were sold to PNC, later becoming PNC lease units 1848-1852 respectively. They were all sent to Morrison Knudsen for rebuilding, returning without turbochargers and dynamic brakes. They were leased to the BN for about a year, then leased to the C&NW, finally sold to the C&NW in March 1982, the pictured unit becoming C&NW 6647. On the PNC they were classed as SD10's, the C&NW classed them as SD18R's, here they are classed as SD18m's because that is what is available under Rebuilt EMD, and hopefully prevents confusion with MILW SD10's, which were derived from SD7's and SD9's. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1980 Upload Date: 9/13/2010 1:52:02 PM |
| Location: |
Clyde (subdivision), IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PNCX 1852(SD18M) |
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920 Comments: 0 |
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