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Owner: Burlington Northern
Model:EMD GP50Built As:BN 3159 (GP50)
Serial Number:847073-2Order No:847073
Frame Number:847073-2Built:11/1985
Notes:blt 11/1985, crew cab
Other locos with this serial:  BN 3159(GP50) BNSF 3159(GP50)
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BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 11/19/2005 6:28:41 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  499   Comments: 2
BN 3159 South
Title:  BN 3159 South
Description:  BN #3 with 3159/FT44/8017/8011
Photo Date:  6/4/1986  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 11:02:39 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  605   Comments: 1
BN in the deep freeze
Title:  BN in the deep freeze
Description:  Intermodal train coming into Anoka with the good, old GP50s and fuel tender up front.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 7/1/2016 9:20:18 PM
Location:  Anoka, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50) BN 3120(GP50)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
BN in the deep freeze
Title:  BN in the deep freeze
Description:  Eastbound intermodal train coming into Anoka, MN with a fuel tender and the good old GP50s. This is a cold day in January or February in Minnesota
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 7/1/2016 9:13:15 PM
Location:  Anoka, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BN 3120(GP50) BN 3159(GP50) BN 3133(GP50)
Views:  602   Comments: 1
BN GP50 3159
Title:  BN GP50 3159
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad GP50 3159 at Clyde, Illinois on February 19, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in November 1985 ( c/n 847073-2 ), the second of five built with the extended crew cab, delivered as #'s 3158 - 3162. This was not the first application of an extended cab to accommodated the crew. The left ( Fireman ) side of some production GP30's was also extended ten inches at the request of the UP. This was done to provide additional room for a third man in the cab. The GP50 cab extension was to accommodate five crew men in the cab, which was extended on both sides 23 inches, in anticipation of cabooseless trains.
Photo Date:  2/19/1987  Upload Date: 2/6/2017 1:28:29 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  998   Comments: 1
BN GP50 3159
Title:  BN GP50 3159
Description:  BN GP50 3159 at Clyde, Illinois on February 19, 1987, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in November 1985 (c/n 847073-2), the second of five built with the extended crew cab, delivered as #'s 3158-3162. The tank car splicing the pairs of locomotives was known as a fuel tender. As I understand the concept, the idea was to save money by purchasing the fuel at the cheapest location, and avoiding more expensive re-fueling at outlying locations. The fuel tender was connected to the modified locomotives, saving money by avoiding re-fueling enroute. I'm not certain how this experiment played out in the long run.
Photo Date:  2/19/1987  Upload Date: 8/9/2008 6:18:44 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  2755   Comments: 1
BN SW1000 447
Title:  BN SW1000 447
Description:  BN SW1000 and GP50 3159 at Clyde, Illinois on February 19, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/19/1987  Upload Date: 12/19/2011 12:58:15 PM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 447(SW1000) BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description:  An early mistake by this photographer - wrong side of the sun! I always wonder why I didn't chase these down river like today!!??
Photo Date:  12/31/1987  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 6:39:01 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  460   Comments: 2
BN GP40-2 3055
Title:  BN GP40-2 3055
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad GP40-2 3055 at Clyde, Illinois on February 6, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  2/6/1988  Upload Date: 11/7/2013 10:54:14 AM
Location:  Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 3055(GP40-2) BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/19/1988  Upload Date: 1/7/2006 10:13:39 PM
Location:  Hazlehurst, IL
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  873   Comments: 2
BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description:  BN 3159, location undertain
Photo Date:  5/5/1988  Upload Date: 7/11/2007 4:47:10 PM
Location:  Brookfield, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  912   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern
Title:  Burlington Northern
Description:  3159
Photo Date:  8/18/1988  Upload Date: 11/6/2013 12:28:48 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Mike Berka
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  978   Comments: 1
BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description:  Train 13 approaches Grand Crossing.
Photo Date:  6/30/1990  Upload Date: 1/7/2013 6:30:05 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50) BN 3147(GP50)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description:  GP50 in Tiger Paws scheme
Photo Date:  7/13/1990  Upload Date: 11/12/2010 9:44:11 AM
Location:  Toston, MT
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  776   Comments: 0
BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/1996  Upload Date: 3/18/2014 9:17:45 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Joel Armstrong
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50) LMX 8586(B39-8E) LMX 8524(B39-8E)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Crew cab GP50
Title:  Crew cab GP50
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1997  Upload Date: 12/25/2003 10:16:36 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  David J Conway
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  1419   Comments: 0
SP 8543
Title:  SP 8543
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/1998  Upload Date: 4/8/2014 11:14:53 AM
Location:  Catoosa, OK
Author:  Joel Armstrong
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8543(SD40T-2) BN 7132(SD40-2) BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
BN 3159
Title:  BN 3159
Description:  Now it's a east bound trains turn. As it starts to decend Tiger Hill
Photo Date:  4/5/1998  Upload Date: 4/8/2014 11:14:50 AM
Location:  Catoosa, OK
Author:  Joel Armstrong
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 3159(GP50) BN 7132(SD40-2) SP 8543(SD40T-2)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
BNSF 4711 East
Title:  BNSF 4711 East
Description:  BNSF 4711 East with an intermodal at Dalies, NM.
Photo Date:  12/18/1998  Upload Date: 1/25/2017 6:52:56 PM
Location:  Dalies, NM
Author:  Lauren Scrafford
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4711(C44-9W) BN 3159(GP50) BNSF 8730(GP60) BNSF 3181(GP50)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
BNSF 3159
Title:  BNSF 3159
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2012  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 8:10:40 PM
Location:  Bonita, KS
Author:  Tyler Silvest
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3159(GP50) BN 3159(GP50)
Views:  762   Comments: 0


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