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 #186569  by John_Perkowski
 
Saw this high-hood, round-roofed unit today working into Murray Yard, North KC down the old Q mainline.

She was freshly repainted in Orange and Green.

That locomotive is a contemporary with me (especially if she's an SD-9). Why would they repaint her?

John Perkowski

 #186597  by GN 599
 
Why not? We have alot of SD-9's many of which are repainted.

 #214032  by AmtrakFan
 
The BN overhauled many of there SD9's right before the Merger in an effort to improve there lifespan.

 #215640  by GN 599
 
I think we have 53 or so left on the roster. Some stored some working. Some of them roam the country on manifest trains. Most are 50 years old or will be soon, what a locomotive. :-D