January 27th, 2010 by briannpman
Photographed leaving the old Stacy St yard in Seattle (now SIG) is this local with BNSF 1573/2084 (SD40-2R/GP38-2) headed for Tacoma, WA.
BNSF 1573 was built as Santa Fe SD45-2 5663 in May of 1973 and later renumbered 7203 and then 5803. After the BNSF merger it became the BNSF 6453. It was rebuilt by RELCO and renumbered BNSF 1573 in 2008.
BNSF 2084 is an original BN GP38-2 built in May of 1972.
It is always nice to catch EMD power like this and I enjoyed listening to the units roll by with the SD’s whine and GP’s growl.
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January 15th, 2010 by briannpman
The early part of January brought a few interesting visitors to the Seattle area, not on the BNSF but on the UP! And both were related to the Southern Pacific.
First was SP AC4400CW 107 at Argo on 1-6-10
It has been quite sometime since I’ve seen an unpatched SP unit around here!
Then yesterday 1-14-10 I noticed UP SD70ACe 1996 at Argo in the morning. The 1996 is one of the “Heritage” fleet locomotives and is painted up for Southern Pacific.
Even on a cloudy day the brightly painted EMD looked really sharp! This was also the first time I had seen one of UP’s heritage fleet locomotives so I was quite pleased. Both the SP 107 and UP 1996 came up to Seattle on the BNSF’s Seattle Sub and went back south to Portland on the same Sub.
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