BN GP20 2033, May 1974 (Bob Jordan) The SFZ speeds over a small bridge east of Denver, August 1974 (Bob Jordan)
The big red nose of Amtrak SDP40F 627, Denver, CO, September 1974 (Bob Jordan) The SFZ speeds along under darkening skies east of Denver, September 1974 (Bob Jordan)
Rio Grande SD40T-2 5355, Denver, CO, January 1975 (Bob Jordan) BN F45 6610, ex-GN 437, Denver, CO, February 1973 (Bob Jordan)
BN F45 6613, ex-GN 440, Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan) C&S SD40 885 and BN F45 6607 meet nose to nose, Denver, CO, 1971 or 1972 (Bob Jordan)
Weathering badly was the downfall of BSB. Maybe it was the quality of the paint used, or? Aside from the fact I grew up seeing their classic colors....
Well I didn't grow up in GN territory, and that pic of 6610 above was a revelation to me. I had no idea that paint started out that dark! I thought the baby blue it faded into about a year before it turned white and fell off the locomotive was the actual color of the paint!
Actually, as with successor BN and their green, there seemed to be different hues of "BSB". It may have depended upon the supplier, or where the painting was done.
BN E8A 9972, Denver, CO, February 1974 (Bob Jordan) Amtrak SDP40F 586, Hermosa, WY, June 1976 (Bob Jordan)
BN E8A 9948, Denver, CO, January 1974 (Bob Jordan) A rainbow SFZ waits to depart behind BN E8a 9942, Denver, CO, July 1973 (Bob Jordan)
BN U33C 5718, ex-NP 3303, Denver, CO, February 1973 (Bob Jordan) BN GP20 2063, ex-Burlington 927, Denver, CO, April 1973 (Bob Jordan)
A Corydon Scenic RR excursion train at Corydon, IN on September 9, 1989 (James DuBose) BN U28C 5662, ex-Burlington 574, Denver, CO, February 1973 (Bob Jordan)
BN U28C 5671, ex-NP 2805, Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan) Santa Fe U23B 6316, Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan)
Santa Fe U23B 6318, Denver, CO, May 1973 (Bob Jordan) EMD Test Car ET-800, former Pullman Lounge-Obs. "American Milemaster", Denver, CO, April 1974 (Bob Jordan)
It still operates today and still hauls freight. Motive power is an ALCO S4M numbered 86. It's technically been renamed the Lucas Oil Rail Line by its owner Lucas Oil, but the loco still wears the LNA&C letters.
BN U28C 5657, ex-Burlington 569, Denver, CO, January 1973 (Bob Jordan) BN U30C 5915 fresh out of GE, Denver, CO, July 1973 (Bob Jordan)
UP GP40X 9000, Denver, CO, 1978 (Bob Jordan) Norfolk & Western GP40 1382, Denver, CO, November 1975 (Bob Jordan)
