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Published: 2009-11-06 05:35:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1370; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 35
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Railroads are known for leasing out extra traction in a shortage of powered axles. But it's a bit ironic to see a railroad's own shop forces servicing the very locomotives they used to own that they're now leasing back (it's all a big tax loop-hole thing).Here, a big batch of ex-BN SD40-2s First Union leasers sit in the yard at the BNSF Topeka maintenance facility in Topeka, KS.
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it's better than seeing all black from NS Altoona pa
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The only locomotive ever with front and rear "porches".
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I sure hope the BN green livery survives into the future. Always loved it
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Thats a train yard and a half if i must say so
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Shoot, if you think that's a big yard, check out any of the following:
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Those are all from the same yard in Kansas City, KS (Argentine Yard, on the BNSF system).
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Ahh... Nothing like a sea of Burlington Northern SD40's!
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Looks like an SDP40 on the tail end of that second row from the left!
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Hey, I didn't catch that! Wish I had the number of it.
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It's probably 6326. As far as I can determine, only three SDP40s made it to the merger. 6325 was sold a couple years ago to Alstom and 6327 was sold to a tourist line in Wisconsin earlier this year.
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Awesome that you caught it, then.
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