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Burlington Northern (BN) 7872 - EMD SD40-2

Owner:
BN - Burlington Northern
Model:
EMD SD40-2
Serial Number:
786173-39
Order No:
786173
Frame Number:
Built:
3 / 1979
Built As:
CS 7872
Pictures Available:
7
Notes:
ex-C&S

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Manifest rolls east
Manifest rolls east
Photo Date: Sep 1, 1997
Uploaded: Mar 31, 2025
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Author: Paul Leach
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Locomotives: BN 7872 (SD40-2)
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BN #7872
BN #7872

Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Spliced between a C30-7 and a SD40-2 on a northbound empty coal train along McArthur Drive.

Photo Date: Apr 13, 1985
Uploaded: Aug 17, 2023
Location: St. Joseph, MO
Author: Rich Varner
Categories: Roster,Action
Locomotives: BN 7872 (SD40-2)
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BN 7872
BN 7872

SD40-2 pulling a gondola by means of a strap.

Photo Date: Aug 3, 1994
Uploaded: Mar 24, 2014
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Author: Matt Fick
Categories: Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives: BN 7872 (SD40-2)
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BN 3143 and 7872
BN 3143 and 7872
Photo Date: Mar 24, 1991
Uploaded: May 7, 2010
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Author: Tom Bowers
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 3143 (GP50) BN 7872 (SD40-2)
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MRL 218
MRL 218
Photo Date: Apr 3, 1994
Uploaded: Oct 15, 2008
Location: Alliance, NE
Author: Mary Rae McPherson
Categories: Action
Locomotives: MRL 218 (SD40) BN 7872 (SD40-2)
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BN 7872 in consist
BN 7872 in consist
Photo Date: Apr 25, 1993
Uploaded: Jan 13, 2004
Location: Wright, WY
Author: David J Conway
Categories:
Locomotives: BN 7872 (SD40-2)
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