Burlington Northern (BN) 54 is an Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) SD9 built in September 1955 for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ) numbered 361. Then in the late 1970's or early 1980's Burlington Northern (BN) owned it and renumbered it as 6163. In the mid 1980's it was rebuilt to a TEBC6 and became Burlington Northern (BN) 6293. In 2000, it became Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) 1815. Ten years later in 2010 it became BNSF 254 and then in 2014 BNSF changed it to BN 54. They changed the reporting ID to Burlington Northern (BN) to make room on the roster for new or renumbered Locomotives.
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan I got the info from a fellow BNSF fan, historian and photographer, Tyler Silvest. He has a Flickr account with tons of BNSF locomotive photos and history of each.
True and no argument from me. However the carbody is dash 8 but with dash 9 electronics. They were downgraded to 4000 HP later on. But as I said, you're technically right.
Dude, I love your voice, your the best darn narrator on a train channel, I'd love to have you narrate on a video with me sometime, I haven't uploaded in awhile.
Thank you very much. If you want me to do a cameo/collab I’d be happy to. My email is in my channel description if you’d like to send me a script to read.
BNSF still has a lot of their 4 axle B40-8W locomotives. They are the 500 number series and they have them repainted into the H4 paint scheme shiny and clean. Saw a bunch on trains in Tehachapi California this past summer
I feel like everyone has forgotten or doesn’t care about BNSFs dash 8s since all they have left is the B40-8W. And I have actually seen 551 before on my home line the bnsf racetrack! It was random but cool to see!
well, it is kinda both. The CSX Dash 9s are pre-production units so they have the same trucks and body as a Dash 8 but are internally classified as Dash 9. So they are really just Dash 8s on the outside. CSX also still has Dash 8s in service though, but these are in the 7600-7900 series
Interesting fact, back in 2005 lego made a model of the train engine seen at 3:26 and due to some rare lego parts only found in that set it's one of the more expensive lego train sets out there. It also even had the branding for it
All Lego train sets get pretty pricey, once they get retired. Unfortunately. The Santa Fe Super Chief model is even crazier price wise. The BNSF ones are hard to find.
@@StormySkyRailProductions I’ve seen Ft. Madison on a LOT of VRF grab bags. I might have to check it out one of these days. Very nice to meet you, Jenny! That’s cool that 1 channel is run by 3 people like that, y’all got yourself a little crew going!
Grew up in the area south of Galesburg. Amtrak has 4 “Illinois Service” trains each day (Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg). The “New Yard” , expanded after BN merger in 1969, has passing tracks East of Yard for Southbound toward Bushnell. After BNSF installed overpass at Main Street, they do switching thru area you photographed at. The Cameron Wye, west of Galesburg ~5 miles was built 1996 after Santa Fe / BN merger.
Man, that is an awesome vid, so much interesting power! I can't say I've ever seen so many cabless units. We get an occasional GP60b out here but that's about it. Neat to see one of the new Amtrak Charger units too. Thanks for the vid sir.
7:30, this is actually a C40-9W. These models are a cross between a dash 8 and a dash 9, with CSX's even having the same dash 8 trucks. The later models of these units, becoming C44s instead of C40s were bought by other railroads such as BNSF. NS and CSX were the only companies to purchase these models, while CSX only has 30 or so left on their roster, all of NS's have been scrapped or rebuilt.
Amazing catches of the trains coming by and pass, i like it 5 stars, keep up the great work, i subscribed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
fun fact: there's another BN slug like that but it has no cab and no Dynamic Brake Unit, its in BNSFs denver shop and its super odd to see btw its number 65
The grain might have been bound between the Twin Cities, and Chicago. They might not have wanted to run it via the C&I route. This would possibly be due to grades, or capacity. The track layout doesn’t allow for a move between the westbound Mainline, and the Pea Vine (Barstow Sub). The train would get looped in the yard.
I moved out of Illinois last year, as a former railroader and now trucker I had to make pickup and drop offs in my Illinois .....buy your food and drinks out of state... Dang is it expensive
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan pretty much yeah. In the early days of it, they were designated C44-8W, or per CSX designation, CW44-8, until some time in the 2000s when CSX derated it to 4000hp and redesigned it as a dash 9, C40-9W, or per CSX designation, CW40-9
Yeah, their original mates could now be scrapped for all we know. Interesting, I didn't know those TEBC6 units originated from eastern/southeastern railroads.
BNSF has no shortage of unique throughout their history and current roster! Which is a reason I consider them one of my favor railroads! BNSF 54 has quite an impressive history for an Ex SD9 turned slug! I also really like them rare SD40-2Bs. It’s kind of sad that almost all of the dash 8s (4 and 6 axle variants) are not with BNSF anymore, I know they still have a fair number of the B40-8Ws left. But as far as I’m concerned all the 6 axle dash 8s are gone, unless there’s still a couple in storage rotting away waiting for their fates. I think BNSF sent the remaining of their B40-8Ws back to GE for refurbishment and rebuilding, while others like BNSF 555 (Ex ATSF) was scrapped not too long ago. They also seem to have gotten rid of the standard cabbed B40s, but I could be wrong. Even though some of the Warbonnet units they have have been repainted and or rebuilt, I’m glad they still keep their old numbers. Except BNSF 666 being remembered to 599 which was stupid.
There are a few six axle Dash-8's left in storage but they are most certainly destined for the scrap heap. BNSF has gotten rid of all their standard cab Dash-8's. I think the last one in service furloughed in the mid 2010's. Same, I like to see engines that retain their numbers through rebuilds and stuff. Its a nice nod to the engine's heritage.
@Southern Plains Railfan Yeah, I figured all the standard cab B40-8s were gone. They served both ATSF and BNSF well, and I thought they looked great in H1 livery.
@2:00: I think it's safe to assume that "monster" would be the proper or correct term used for describing those trains! I thought I was the only one that referred to long trains with DPUs as "monsters!" Lol
If you ever get to the Thayer Subdivision, they're running what's called double empty coal trains, literally 2 trains running as one! Those trains get up to 15,000 feet and they've even attempted triple empty coal trains that can get to well over 21,000 feet in length!
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan It is an obscure CSX locomotive name, because originally it was a c44-8w with 4400 horsepower but later de rated to 4000 horsepower, and labeled a c40-9w while still retaining the dash 8 style car body.
Please come to Omaha's BNSF Gibson Yard they have two B40-8W #539 still in super fleet paint and 522 in BNSF colors both are often working switcher duty
300 - Built 6/1980, builders number A3930, BN 7221 - rebuilt 7/1981 301 - Built 2/1972, builders number 5803-13, BN 6337 - rebuilt 10/1983 302 - Built 3/1973, builders number 72639-13, BN 6352 - rebuilt 11/1984 Each of them is Canac RCL equipped, and each one is the controlling unit for each of Galesburg's three humpsets. They do not have throttle/reverser and air brake controls, so when not operating in remote, you have to run from either of the A units in the consist. Same for load testing them, you have to MU to another unit and pass governor valve signals through the MU cable.
Just to note, 301's funky paint scheme - it was repainted at the Livingston Rebuild Center in 2000, to standard paint charts for any other H1 SD40-2. The cab was gone long before the unit received H1 paint. If you put a normal geep or 40 in H1 paint beside it, it lines up just about exactly with how the paint is applied to 301.
TEBU (tractive effort booster unit, built and used by Morrison-Knudsen and Southern Pacific) TEBC6 (tractive effort Booster Cab, built by VMV for BN/BNSF, cabbed Yard slugs)
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CSX 9015 is a dash9 not a dash8
Burlington Northern (BN) 54 is an Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) SD9 built in September 1955 for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ) numbered 361. Then in the late 1970's or early 1980's Burlington Northern (BN) owned it and renumbered it as 6163. In the mid 1980's it was rebuilt to a TEBC6 and became Burlington Northern (BN) 6293. In 2000, it became Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) 1815. Ten years later in 2010 it became BNSF 254 and then in 2014 BNSF changed it to BN 54. They changed the reporting ID to Burlington Northern (BN) to make room on the roster for new or renumbered Locomotives.
Thank you for all the history on number 54! Where did you find all this info?
Also just to add…
A TEBC6 is one of the unique BN cabbed slugs, it appears they were also equipped with dynamic brakes.
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan I got the info from a fellow BNSF fan, historian and photographer, Tyler Silvest. He has a Flickr account with tons of BNSF locomotive photos and history of each.
CSX 9015 is actually one of the earliest Dash 9’s ever. If you look extremely close where is says the model of the engine it’ll say C40-9
True and no argument from me. However the carbody is dash 8 but with dash 9 electronics. They were downgraded to 4000 HP later on. But as I said, you're technically right.
I saw a dash eight in Abilene in Kansas, with two SD 40 -2 s in the lash up And a cascade green SD 60 M
Oh wow, that’s an amazing lashup!
Dude, I love your voice, your the best darn narrator on a train channel, I'd love to have you narrate on a video with me sometime, I haven't uploaded in awhile.
Thank you very much. If you want me to do a cameo/collab I’d be happy to. My email is in my channel description if you’d like to send me a script to read.
BNSF still has a lot of their 4 axle B40-8W locomotives. They are the 500 number series and they have them repainted into the H4 paint scheme shiny and clean. Saw a bunch on trains in Tehachapi California this past summer
You’re correct! That’s awesome that you got to see them in California, were they on locals or just moving between yards?
@Southern Plains Railfan Working on mainline freights. Never saw one leading tho they were always trailing in the consist
I've also seen them in California
I feel like everyone has forgotten or doesn’t care about BNSFs dash 8s since all they have left is the B40-8W. And I have actually seen 551 before on my home line the bnsf racetrack! It was random but cool to see!
Yeah, they’re defiantly underrepresented. That’s cool that you got to see 551!
I made an oopsie. CSX 9015 is a Dash-9, not a Dash-8.
well, it is kinda both. The CSX Dash 9s are pre-production units so they have the same trucks and body as a Dash 8 but are internally classified as Dash 9. So they are really just Dash 8s on the outside. CSX also still has Dash 8s in service though, but these are in the 7600-7900 series
It was a Dash 8 at one time, (C44-8W) but it was downgraded in horsepower and is now a C40-9W.
Interesting fact, back in 2005 lego made a model of the train engine seen at 3:26 and due to some rare lego parts only found in that set it's one of the more expensive lego train sets out there. It also even had the branding for it
All Lego train sets get pretty pricey, once they get retired. Unfortunately. The Santa Fe Super Chief model is even crazier price wise. The BNSF ones are hard to find.
Hella interesting
Great video from Galesburg! Galesburg rarely disappoints. Jenny
Thank you! Yeah, it’s gunna be hard to find a railfanning spot better than Galesburg. Is Jenny your name?
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan Fort Madison is good to. Yes, Jenny. There are 3 of us on the channel. Steve and Dave are the others
@@StormySkyRailProductions I’ve seen Ft. Madison on a LOT of VRF grab bags. I might have to check it out one of these days. Very nice to meet you, Jenny! That’s cool that 1 channel is run by 3 people like that, y’all got yourself a little crew going!
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan Thanks and have a nice upcoming weekend.
@@StormySkyRailProductions You’re welcome! Enjoy your weekend as well.
Grew up in the area south of Galesburg. Amtrak has 4 “Illinois Service” trains each day (Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg).
The “New Yard” , expanded after BN merger in 1969, has passing tracks East of Yard for Southbound toward Bushnell.
After BNSF installed overpass at Main Street, they do switching thru area you photographed at.
The Cameron Wye, west of Galesburg ~5 miles was built 1996 after Santa Fe / BN merger.
That’s super cool, thank you for the info!
We've got probably 4 of those weird switcher remote controlled locomotives here in Elkhart at the Norfolk southern yard.
That’s cool!
Man, that is an awesome vid, so much interesting power! I can't say I've ever seen so many cabless units. We get an occasional GP60b out here but that's about it. Neat to see one of the new Amtrak Charger units too. Thanks for the vid sir.
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, lots of cabless units pretty much live at Galesburg.
5:43 I have 5787 as an ho scale model
7:30, this is actually a C40-9W. These models are a cross between a dash 8 and a dash 9, with CSX's even having the same dash 8 trucks. The later models of these units, becoming C44s instead of C40s were bought by other railroads such as BNSF. NS and CSX were the only companies to purchase these models, while CSX only has 30 or so left on their roster, all of NS's have been scrapped or rebuilt.
So I've heard. The truck frames are what made me think it was a Dash-8. Either way, its still a cool and rare engine.
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan agreed!
I've seen a few NS dash 9's here in Conneaut, Ohio but never any dash 8's, and boy howdy do they smoke!
ngl, the old Ferromex paint scheme with the red and green looks like a Christmas locomotive
I’ve also seen a slug train in Newton, Kansas Santa Fe Bluebonnet Paint scheme.
That’s awesome! Was it still being used?
Amazing catches of the trains coming by and pass, i like it 5 stars, keep up the great work, i subscribed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Thank you! Greetings from the USA!
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan no problem, mate, im glad you enjoyed my comment, hope you enjoy my channel too, make a comment and subscribe.
I would love to go there someday!
It’s worth the trip! There’s almost always rare stuff there.
I miss the old BN green/black color scheme, so seeing it again in this video was great :D Good stuff all around!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed!
fun fact: there's another BN slug like that but it has no cab and no Dynamic Brake Unit, its in BNSFs denver shop and its super odd to see
btw its number 65
Cool! I’ll have to take a look at it on google.
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan it can be normally be found in the BNSF shops near down town denver
Great video
Thank you!
Great video!!
Thank you!
5:31 that grain train seems to have come off the Barstow sub did a u turn and went up the Mendota sub. Barstow going NW to st pual, Mendota to Chicago
Oh ok, thanks for the info!
The grain might have been bound between the Twin Cities, and Chicago. They might not have wanted to run it via the C&I route. This would possibly be due to grades, or capacity. The track layout doesn’t allow for a move between the westbound Mainline, and the Pea Vine (Barstow Sub). The train would get looped in the yard.
I wonder whether 'wide cab' or 'wide nose' is more correct. Also, your voice is wonderful.
Thank you, I think they can be used interchangeably.
Good stuff 👍
Thank you!
That slug was a rebuilt SD9
Neat information 👌
Thank you!
I moved out of Illinois last year, as a former railroader and now trucker I had to make pickup and drop offs in my Illinois .....buy your food and drinks out of state... Dang is it expensive
Actually, 9015 is a dash 9, has dash 9 radiators, internals, etc
It's just in a dash 8 carbody because they were test beds for dash 9 stuff
Yeah, the truck frames threw me off. So is it just a very early model of a Dash-9?
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan pretty much yeah. In the early days of it, they were designated C44-8W, or per CSX designation, CW44-8, until some time in the 2000s when CSX derated it to 4000hp and redesigned it as a dash 9, C40-9W, or per CSX designation, CW40-9
It's a shame that those TEBC6s didn't stay with their original mates, BN's fleet of 7 SD38Ps, rebuilt from Southern and L&N SD35s.
Yeah, their original mates could now be scrapped for all we know. Interesting, I didn't know those TEBC6 units originated from eastern/southeastern railroads.
I hate to see the Genesis go but at the same time I love those new Siemens Charger locomotives.
7:38 that’s a dash 9. CSX 9015 is a dash 9. C40-9 for exactness
BNSF has no shortage of unique throughout their history and current roster! Which is a reason I consider them one of my favor railroads!
BNSF 54 has quite an impressive history for an Ex SD9 turned slug! I also really like them rare SD40-2Bs.
It’s kind of sad that almost all of the dash 8s (4 and 6 axle variants) are not with BNSF anymore, I know they still have a fair number of the B40-8Ws left. But as far as I’m concerned all the 6 axle dash 8s are gone, unless there’s still a couple in storage rotting away waiting for their fates.
I think BNSF sent the remaining of their B40-8Ws back to GE for refurbishment and rebuilding, while others like BNSF 555 (Ex ATSF) was scrapped not too long ago.
They also seem to have gotten rid of the standard cabbed B40s, but I could be wrong. Even though some of the Warbonnet units they have have been repainted and or rebuilt, I’m glad they still keep their old numbers. Except BNSF 666 being remembered to 599 which was stupid.
There are a few six axle Dash-8's left in storage but they are most certainly destined for the scrap heap. BNSF has gotten rid of all their standard cab Dash-8's. I think the last one in service furloughed in the mid 2010's. Same, I like to see engines that retain their numbers through rebuilds and stuff. Its a nice nod to the engine's heritage.
@Southern Plains Railfan Yeah, I figured all the standard cab B40-8s were gone. They served both ATSF and BNSF well, and I thought they looked great in H1 livery.
@@AlikStansberry Heres a video of one of the last ones in service. th-cam.com/video/rlgl-d2IqAU/w-d-xo.html
I respect the fact that they renumbered 666 to something else. I wonder what that discussion sounded like. "No satanic engines on this RR"
5:27 I work with 57 in the past
@2:00: I think it's safe to assume that "monster" would be the proper or correct term used for describing those trains! I thought I was the only one that referred to long trains with DPUs as "monsters!" Lol
Lmao
If you ever get to the Thayer Subdivision, they're running what's called double empty coal trains, literally 2 trains running as one! Those trains get up to 15,000 feet and they've even attempted triple empty coal trains that can get to well over 21,000 feet in length!
@@randallellison6421 wow!
@@randallellison6421 Is that part of the BNSF Southern Transcon?
@@Cnw8701 it's actually a former Frisco Mainline that runs from Springfield, Missouri to Memphis, Tennessee.
The cab less locomotives are intended to be used in combination with cabbed ones?
I saw 2 hailer too.
7:35 Actually a C40-9W.
Oh, oops. The shape of the truck frames threw me off. Thanks for letting me know.
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan It is an obscure CSX locomotive name, because originally it was a c44-8w with 4400 horsepower but later de rated to 4000 horsepower, and labeled a c40-9w while still retaining the dash 8 style car body.
@@n.a.60 why did they reduce its power?
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan Really the only good way to tell. 9015 is oh no it's a C44-9W.
Please come to Omaha's BNSF Gibson Yard they have two B40-8W #539 still in super fleet paint and 522 in BNSF colors both are often working switcher duty
1905 has a huge porch on its butt but none on its cab end...??
Never noticed that at first. Maybe it's some weird rebuild or something.
The BNSF 301 was built as a SD40-2B
301 was built as an SD40-2, and became an SD40-2B when it was rebuilt at West B after a wreck. Same for 300 and 302.
@@ih1440 the story of 301 is really fun
Do tell 👀
300 - Built 6/1980, builders number A3930, BN 7221 - rebuilt 7/1981
301 - Built 2/1972, builders number 5803-13, BN 6337 - rebuilt 10/1983
302 - Built 3/1973, builders number 72639-13, BN 6352 - rebuilt 11/1984
Each of them is Canac RCL equipped, and each one is the controlling unit for each of Galesburg's three humpsets. They do not have throttle/reverser and air brake controls, so when not operating in remote, you have to run from either of the A units in the consist. Same for load testing them, you have to MU to another unit and pass governor valve signals through the MU cable.
Just to note, 301's funky paint scheme - it was repainted at the Livingston Rebuild Center in 2000, to standard paint charts for any other H1 SD40-2. The cab was gone long before the unit received H1 paint. If you put a normal geep or 40 in H1 paint beside it, it lines up just about exactly with how the paint is applied to 301.
CSX 9015 is a dash 9, not a Dash 8.
So I’ve heard. The truck frames threw me off. I’m pretty sure it has dash-9 internals but a dash-8 car body.
our yard speed is 10 mph....
3:36 they forgor the sf😭
wowie, a tebu
What’s a tebu?
That’s a B-unit, not a TEBU. A TEBU is a yard slug, I.E. no engines.
Unless the engines were gutted, then it’s a TEBU.
@@daylightman8459 ooooh ok. Yeah, all these B units still have their prime movers.
TEBU (tractive effort booster unit, built and used by Morrison-Knudsen and Southern Pacific)
TEBC6 (tractive effort Booster Cab, built by VMV for BN/BNSF, cabbed Yard slugs)
Trains of Galesburg DVD
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I love those old train DVD's from the 1990's and 2000's
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan 90s?
Earliest DVD you could get was 1995 or 1996 I think
So you are correct but that would be mid 90s
Not trying to be a jerk or whatever but
Snoot
#54 is a TEBC6 and are classified as Slug units