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Owner: Burlington Northern
Model:Rebuilt EMD GP39MBuilt As:SP 7756 (GP35)
Serial Number:30163Order No:7789
Frame Number:7789-29Built:6/1965
Notes:ex-SP 7756/6653, reblt 07/91
Other locos with this serial:  SP 6653(GP35) BNSF 2870(GP39M) BN 2870(GP39M)
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BN 2870
Title:  BN 2870
Description:  BN 2870, parked on the east leg of the wye
Photo Date:  9/14/1997  Upload Date: 2/5/2019 7:43:54 PM
Location:  Easton, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 2870(GP39M)
Views:  216   Comments: 1
BN 2870
Title:  BN 2870
Description:  BN 2870, parked on the east leg of the wye
Photo Date:  9/14/1997  Upload Date: 2/5/2019 7:44:15 PM
Location:  Easton, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 2870(GP39M) BN 2883(GP39M)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
BN 2874
Title:  BN 2874
Description:  The GP39M's were both new as SP 7776 and SP 7756. Renumbered as SP 6669 and SP6653. Both were GP35's acquired by BN and rebuilt as GP39M. Both received numbers 2874 and 2870 for BN and BNSF service. BNSF 2178 was formerly bn 2178 but started out as a GP38 for Penn Central as PC 7853, being absorbed into Conrail as CR 7853 before sale to BN. It hgad reached the Topeka, KS deadline by 2022.
Photo Date:  6/20/2000  Upload Date: 3/31/2024 6:49:53 PM
Location:  Sandpoint, ID
Author:  Robert B Hadlow
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2874(GP39M) BN 2870(GP39M) BNSF 2178(GP38)
Views:  61   Comments: 0


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