Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BN) EMD F7B No. 972575
Ex Burlington Northern Railway, Marked: Rotary Snowplow Power Plant
Date:
7/30/2008
Location:
Glendive, MT
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Collection Of:
William Rogerson
Locomotives:
BN 972575(F7B)
Author:
Bill Rogerson
Picture Categories: Roster
This picture is part of album:
W. R. Rogerson Collection, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company
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Ron Moraca
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If the F7B still works and is mechanically sound, it would make a nice piece for a railroad museum somewhere, Bill. Or, BNSF might use it as they have before, to power rotary snowplows. That is probably why all three are rust-covered. Used in snow -clearing operations, they're consstantly exposed to the spray from the deicers used to keep the snowplow from clogging up. Salt destroys paint, and then the bodies rust, because they're not made of stainless steel.
11/14/2008 1:44:38 PM
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