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The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996.

Its historical lineage begins in the earliest days of railroading with the chartering in 1848 of the Chicago and Aurora Railroad, a direct ancestor line of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which lends Burlington to the names of various merger-produced successors.

Burlington Northern merged with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1996 to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (later renamed BNSF Railway), which was owned by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. That corporation was purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in 2009 which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett.

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New trail takes visitors along historic railroad line - Allentown Examiner Tweet this news
Allentown Examiner--Allentown resident and MCPS Director James Truncer said he is hopeful that the sections of the Union Transportation -railroad- line in -Burlington-, ... - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:51:36 GMT+00:00
Buffett's Burlington, Railroads May Need More Rate Oversight, Senator Says - Bloomberg Tweet this news
Bloomberg--US -railroads- such as Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s -Burlington Northern- Santa Fe may need closer rate ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:53:54 GMT+00:00
Burlington Northern Boosts Size of Second 2010 Issue - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--7 (Bloomberg) -- -Burlington Northern- Santa Fe, the -railroad- acquired this year by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., boosted the size of its second ... - Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:43:43 GMT+00:00
Horsetooth Road work continues - The Coloradoan Tweet this news
The Coloradoan--West Lake Street will be closed to all traffic at the -Burlington Northern- Santa Fe -railroad- tracks west of College Avenue for track repairs and improvements ... - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:08:23 GMT+00:00

Burlington Northern Paint Schemes
Locomotive Model Road Numbers Notes
EMD GP40 629 First locomotive experimented in pre-Burlington Northern Livery in 1968
EMD SD45 & GE U23C 516 � 530, 460 � 468 Pre-Burlington Northern livery designed by the CB&Q in 1969
EMD GP38 200 � 205 (2072 � 2077) First new locomotives for the Burlington Northern; ordered by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle in 1970
EMD SD40-2 8174 Carried a ‘’Together at Last’’ BN-SLSF Merger slogan along the walkway
EMD SD40-2 8002 First locomotive painted in an experimental ‘’Tiger Stripe’’ paint scheme
EMD GP50, EMD SD60 3110 � 3162, 8300 � 8302 The only SD60’s leased from EMD for three years
EMD SD40-2 (unknown) The first locomotive to receive the ‘’Whiteface’’ paint scheme
EMD GP50 3110 & 3112 The only units receiving an alternative version of "Tiger Stripes", using white instead of black
EMD F9A-2, EMD F9B-2, EMD E9A-2 BN-1, BN-2 & BN-3 The first new locomotives painted in an ‘’Executive’’ scheme
EMD GP38-2 2100 The only unit receiving white striping along the front cab section
EMD GP38 2075 & 2085 #2075 was the first unit painted in a ‘’Pacific Pride’’ Scheme; later replaced by #2085 after 2075 was reported with fire damage
EMD GP9 1813 & 1863 Received "The National Academy of Railroad Sciences" lettering along the carbodies
EMD SD60M 1991 Painted to honor the employees serving in Desert Storm
EMD SD40-2 7149 & 7890 Modified to run on compressed liquefied natural gas (refrigerated liquid methane)
MK GP28M 1522 The only unit with Operation Lifesaver logos
EMD SD70MAC 9647 Introduced a proposed Burlington Northern Santa Fe paint scheme
EMD SD70MAC 9709 � 9712 9709 � 9710 were the last two new locomotives for the BN in January 1996. 9711 � 9712 are the first new locomotives for BNSF
EMD GP50, EMD SD40-2 3120 & 7812 The last locomotives painted in Burlington Northern green on August 8, 1996
MK GP39E 2911 & 2931 Painted in an experimental Cascade Green BNSF scheme



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