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Subject: [CBQ] CBQ GP40 629 - BN 3029 - BN 3507 - BNSF 3006
From: "briannpman" <briannpman@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:44:05 -0000
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Last May while at Spokane, WA I photographed the southbound Kettle Turn 
arriving at Parkwater late in the morning.  The set of power had 5 units 
including GP40M's 3013 and 3006, former CB&Q GP40's 171 and 629.  I 
photographed the 3006 from both ends as the power headed for the service 
facility:

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=103167

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=103168

Recently I decided to do some research on the BNSF 3006 and came up with some 
interesting info.

Built as CB&Q 629 2/68 it was repainted in the proposed BN green in August of 
that year with a BN herald on the cab sides and a small "Burlington" below it.  
Later SD45's and U23C's were also delivered in this scheme but without the BN 
herald.  The merger took a few years longer than expected to happen but from 
what I understand the 629 was the first freight unit repainted into the 
standard BN green and given the number 3029.  It came into Seattle on 7-7-70 in 
this scheme where I saw it at the ex-GN Interbay engine facility.

In 1988 BN chose a number of former Burlington GP40's to enter a rebuilding 
program at MK and EMD.  The 3029 went to MK and was released as the BN GP40M 
3507 in December 1988.  Some of the early GP40M's were painted in the older BN 
scheme while later one came out in the newer "whiteface" scheme.  BN 3507 had 
the older scheme with stripes on the nose.

I first photographed the 3507 at Interbay 6-9-94:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1483553

The next year I photographed it again in Seattle on 7-31-95.

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=99478

Later that year BN and Santa Fe merged and the 3507 was renumbered to BNSF 3006 
in August of 1998.

I first photographed the BNSF 3006 at Kent, WA on 8-17-99 headed towards 
Seattle.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1712764

And this brings me to the more current sighting of the former CB&Q 629 at 
Spokane this past May.  While it is nice to see many former Burlington GP40's 
still in service today knowing the history of the BNSF 3006 made it just a bit 
more special.

Brian Ambrose
Renton, WA



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