BNSF Railway (BNSF) 2123 - EMD GP38AC

Interbay deadlines in Seattle, WA.

All 22 locomotives of the Interbay deadlines in Seattle, WA. Notable locomotives are SD9-3 BNSF 1551, SD9s GN 1729 and GN 1732, TEBC6 BN 60, SW1200 GN 3534 and SW1200 WCRC 202. Counting the TEBC6 which was rebuilt from a SD9, that's four SD9 frames on BNSF in one place.

BNSF 2336 is buried deep in the Interbay deadline at BNSFs Balmer Yard. The 1972-built GP38-2 had been parked here for nearly a year at the time of this image, and has an uncertain future. The engine was originally built for the St.Louis & San Francisco railroad, and still wears the Cascade Green paint it got when that road merged with Burlington Northern in 1980. Also in this line of engines are another ex-SLSF Geep and an ex-Santa Fe GP60B, both of which have been stored at Interbay for nearly two years.

BNSF 331 hides behind a chain-link fence at the Interbay deadline. BNSFs Interbay Yard has been home to a small deadline of locomotives for some time, and this GP60B is one of its inhabitants. Most of the engines out of service at Interbay are standard-cab EMD products. Several GP38 variants were present during our visit, along with a single SD40 and SW1200. 331, still in its H1 livery, was one of two GP60Bs parked in the engine terminal. This unusual engine, a cabless variant of the GP60, was one of 23 such units built, and was completed in 1991. These units were exclusive to the Santa Fe, and once wore their red and silver "Super Fleet" warbonnet paint.

BNSF 2123 rests silently on a side track at Interbay. The GP38AC was originally built for the Frisco in 1971, and entered Burlington Northern ownership in the 1980 merger. The unit operated in the south for most of its BN career, before being relocated to the Pacific Northwest after the BNSF merger. Today, the unit languishes in the engine terminal at Interbay waiting for a call to service.

GN 3613 awaits its fate

BNSF 331, at the end of the line

BNSF 331 may have reached the end of the line

In North Portland

BNSF 3148

BNSF 2336

BNSF 3148

BNSF 2123 & BNSF 254

BNSF 2123, BNSF 2923, & BNSF 254 await assignment, in the morning

BNSF 2123, at Stacy St

Surprising consist

tied down...

BNSF GP38AC 2123 leads the Menard's Job west through downtown Aurora.

BNSF 2123

BNSF 2123

BNSF 2123

BNSF 2123

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