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Owner: Burlington Northern
Model:EMD GP39-2Built As:BN 2706 (GP39-2)
Serial Number:806037-7Order No:806037
Frame Number:806037-7Built:0/1981
Notes:BNSF 2706(GP39-2)
Other locos with this serial:  BNSF 2706(GP39-2) BN 2706(GP39-2)
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Cab hop
Title:  Cab hop
Description:  BN was not shy about running freight in with its commuter rush, even a lowly local. This one is returning from Eola caboose light at the tail end of the evening rush.
Photo Date:  6/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/13/2015 4:29:39 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
BN 2706
Title:  BN 2706
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1987  Upload Date: 11/19/2012 10:23:03 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Mark Singer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Dodging the dinkies
Title:  Dodging the dinkies
Description:  BN was not shy about running freights during rush hour, and it was common to see several during the hours when commuter trains ran every couple of minutes. Even locals got a shot, such as this caboose hop heading back to Clyde.
Photo Date:  6/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:29:30 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Headed to Eola
Title:  Headed to Eola
Description:  A local behind a GP 39 rolls west in between the commuter trains with a couple dozen cars for the yard at Eola, out near Aurora. Just another trian to the dispatchers.
Photo Date:  6/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:31:46 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
BN 2706 local LV 7-2-87
Title:  BN 2706 local LV 7-2-87
Description:  A BN local heads west, long hood forward
Photo Date:  7/2/1987  Upload Date: 6/22/2012 12:55:31 PM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  George Poulos
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
BN 2700
Title:  BN 2700
Description:  The GP39-2's were both new to BN becoming BNSF locos with the same numbers The SD40-2 passed from BN TO Helm Leasing carrying the same number but with HLCX reporting marks,
Photo Date:  3/1/1988  Upload Date: 3/9/2024 4:35:33 PM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Steve Smedley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2700(GP39-2) BN 6790(SD40-2) BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
BN 2706
Title:  BN 2706
Description:  BN 2706 heads south in the morning
Photo Date:  4/21/1988  Upload Date: 12/6/2022 9:15:24 PM
Location:  Vader, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
BN 2706 East
Title:  BN 2706 East
Description:  Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  10/20/1990  Upload Date: 6/15/2017 7:45:01 PM
Location:  Chana, IL
Author:  Jamey Young
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
BN 2706
Title:  BN 2706
Description:  BN 2706 heads west late in the day
Photo Date:  9/15/1995  Upload Date: 6/23/2018 10:59:44 AM
Location:  Hatton, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Geep working
Title:  Geep working
Description:  H3 Geep moving cars at Balmer Yard (south end).
Photo Date:  8/13/2014  Upload Date: 8/24/2014 3:41:38 PM
Location:  Seattle Balmer Yard, WA
Author:  Blake Iverson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2706(GP39-2) BN 2706(GP39-2)
Views:  307   Comments: 0


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