A display of BN units was put together for visiting "Friends of Burlington Northern" members. Here the BN 1, BN 2, BN 5383 and BN 3 are lined up under the sanding tower at IRM.
Yes, there really was a Cascade green Burlington Northern No. 1. Before BN assigned No. 1 to an executive F9 (officially labeled F9-2) locomotive rebuilt in 1990, BN had a former Great Northern NW... (more)