| Butte MT Sept 26 1978 -- Burlington Northern GP9 1739 is idled by a nationwide railroad strike. EMD built the unit in February 1957 as Northern Pacific 301 (s/n 22784. It was retired December 7 1990, sold to National Railway Equipment and sold to D&I Railroad Company as DAIR 23. (Roster information from http://archive.trainpix.com/BN/EMDORIG/GP9/INDEX.HTM, http://research.nprha.org/Lists/Diesel%20Locomotive%20Roster/Standard%20View.aspx?Paged=TRUE&PagedPrev=TRUE&p_Title=DID0201&p_ID=201&PageFirstRow=1&&View={1B492373-A81C-425B-978D-64A2C9AD44BD} and http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/22700.htm) |