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Don's Rail Photos
Burlington Northern Railroad
Electro-Motive SW8 Diesels
99, Class SW8, was built in August 1951, #13305, FN 4089-2, as Great Northern 99, Class SW-2. It became BN 99, Class SW-8, and retired on April 29, 1982. It was sold to General Metals on May 28, 1982, and sold as Pacific Transportation Services 81 in January 1984. It was sold as Mt Rainier Scenic Ry 81 and sold as Molalla Western Ry 801 in 1993. It became Oregon Pacific RR 801 in 1997 and rebuilt in 2009.
101, NW1u, Class SW8, was built in January 1938, #777, FN E187-1, as GN 5102, Class SW-2. It was renumbered 5301 in 1939 and renumbered 101 in 1943. It was rebuilt by Electro-Motive in June 1953 and became BN 101, Class SW-8, in 1970. It was sold as Continental Grain Co 101 in June 1982 and became Cargill Corp 101.
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