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BN 1956

Owner:
BN - Burlington Northern
Model:
EMD GP9
Serial Number:
19610
Order No:
5354
Frame Number:
Built:
6
Pictures Available:
24
Notes:
ex-CB&Q 271

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Ex-BN 1956 GP9
Ex-BN 1956 GP9

Retired and sold BNSF unit at LRC.

Photo Date: Jul 2, 2000
Uploaded: Dec 27, 2025
Location: Richland, WA
Author: John Bargert
Categories: Roster,Yard
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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Ex-BN 1956 GP9
Ex-BN 1956 GP9

Retired and sold BNSF unit at LRC.

Photo Date: Jul 2, 2000
Uploaded: Dec 27, 2025
Location: Richland, WA
Author: John Bargert
Categories: Yard
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN 156
BN 156

6.17.1983 Council Bluffs, IA BN 1956 GP9. B/D 6/54 as CB&Q 271, B/N 19610.

Photo Date: Jun 17, 1983
Uploaded: Jan 8, 2025
Location: Council Bluffs, IA
Author: Lee Herbert
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN GP9 1956
BN GP9 1956

Taken in the early 1970s.

Photo Date: Jan 1, 1972
Uploaded: Apr 20, 2022
Location: Unknown, IA
Author: Bob Jordan
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN 1956
BN 1956
Photo Date: Jun 17, 2018
Uploaded: Jun 18, 2018
Location: Anaheim, CA
Author: Jonathan Camacho
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9) BN 1875 (GP9) BNSF 1621 (GP9)
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BN 1875/BNSF 1621
BN 1875/BNSF 1621
Photo Date: Jun 17, 2018
Uploaded: Jun 18, 2018
Location: Anaheim, CA
Author: Jonathan Camacho
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1875 (GP9) BNSF 1621 (GP9) BN 1956 (GP9)
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The face of BN 1956
The face of BN 1956
Photo Date: Jun 17, 2018
Uploaded: Jun 18, 2018
Location: Anaheim, CA
Author: Jonathan Camacho
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN 1956 and BN 1875/BNSF 1621
BN 1956 and BN 1875/BNSF 1621

A nice sight to see a pair of BN GP9s still out together at the Coast Rail Services/Adams Steel Recycle yard. I believe these units have an owner and most likely won't scrap them. A GP7u lurks in the background.

Photo Date: Jun 17, 2018
Uploaded: Jun 18, 2018
Location: Anaheim, CA
Author: Jonathan Camacho
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9) BN 1875 (GP9) BNSF 1621 (GP9)
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BN 1956
BN 1956
Photo Date: Mar 11, 1996
Uploaded: Apr 4, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN 7059
BN 7059

Crossing over I-75, and just about ready to go under I-244, and into downtown.

Photo Date: Mar 11, 1996
Uploaded: Apr 4, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 7059 (SD40-2) LMX 8542 (B39-8E) BN 1956 (GP9) BN 7873 (SD40-2)
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BN 1956
BN 1956
Photo Date: Sep 10, 1996
Uploaded: Mar 6, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9) BN 3133 (GP50) BN 7192 (SD40-2)
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BN 1956
BN 1956
Photo Date: Sep 10, 1996
Uploaded: Mar 6, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN 7192
BN 7192
Photo Date: Sep 10, 1996
Uploaded: Mar 6, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 7192 (SD40-2) BN 3133 (GP50) BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN 1956
BN 1956

A closer view of BN 1956.

Photo Date: Apr 28, 1996
Uploaded: Feb 25, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN 1956
BN 1956

Pretty old stuff here. Even back in 1996.

Photo Date: Apr 28, 1996
Uploaded: Feb 25, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9) BN 1858 (GP9)
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BN 2310
BN 2310

Found this train parked with no crew south of the Cherokee Yard.

Photo Date: Apr 28, 1996
Uploaded: Feb 25, 2014
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Joel Armstrong
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 2310 (GP38-2) BN 1422 (GP10) BN 1858 (GP9) BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN GP9 1956
BN GP9 1956

BN GP9 1956 at St Jo in December 1985

Photo Date: Dec 29, 1985
Uploaded: Oct 5, 2012
Location: Saint Joseph, MO
Author: Rick Morgan
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN GP9 1956
BN GP9 1956
Photo Date: Nov 20, 1979
Uploaded: Jul 20, 2008
Location: Kansas City, MO
Author: Jim Gavin
Categories: Roster
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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Classic Yard power
Classic Yard power

Some classic yard power idles away time at Lindenwood Yard.

Photo Date: Oct 1, 1993
Uploaded: Sep 2, 2006
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Author: Gary Dyhouse
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9) BN 1965 (GP9)
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BN 1956 sometime in 1995
BN 1956 sometime in 1995
Photo Date: Jan 15, 1995
Uploaded: Nov 6, 2005
Location: Tulsa, OK
Author: Brad Matthews
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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BN's (ex-Frisco) East-Thomas Yard
BN's (ex-Frisco) East-Thomas Yard
Photo Date: Sep 19, 1997
Uploaded: Dec 24, 2002
Location: Birmingham, AL
Author: Ken Roble
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 1956 (GP9)
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