In looks like BNSF still has SD9s on the property, even though they don’t look active, judging by this pic. The windows on this high-hood SD9 are boarded up and it’s still numbered BNSF #6125, even though there’s a GEVO with that number.
They still have some active running around.That one probably met its end. I got to run one as a goat for the service track one night. I loved it my very own 57 Chevy!!! I also got to see the SD-9-3.Very neat to see these old girls still working.
The one in your photo, #6125 has been renumbered to #1730. The former #6100 series SD9-3s have been renumbered in the 1710 to 1747 series. The following info is from “The Diesel Shop”:
SD9s renumbering from 6100s to 1700s (1704-1747). :
<strong>New # Old # New # Old #
1710 6100 1735 6115
1711 6135 1736 6133
1714 6104 1740 6102
1716 6119 1743 6105
1717 6120 1746 6121
1718 6123 1747 6122
1719 6127
1720 6128
1721 6101
1722 6136
1723 6138
1725 6144
1730 6125
1731 6126
1732 6132
1733 6106 </strong>
Yes there are a few we get one here at LPCHI every so often , it is fun seeing an engine that old still making a living .
But do any of the active units still have 567s? I was under the impression that they all had 645 power assemblies and were heavily remanufactured?
Doubt it. Conrail and others pretty much shoved 645E power assemblies into all the 567C and newer locomotives starting in the early 80s every time they came to the backshop for work. Suspect the other class 1s did, too.
BNSF may be a different case as they inherited a “legacy” fleet of ATSF EMD’s(GPs mostly) that still had 567s(though had been extensively rebuilt). The GP35s that BNSF is remanufacturing into “GP38-3s” did not have 645 components previously, IINM neither do the remaining GP7/9s…