A long-time EMD customer, in 1967 GN purchased 10 EMD SW1500âs to replace 10 of its aging Alco S2 switchers. Planning to use them in yard and transfer service, GN ordered them with Flexicoil trucks. They arrived in GNâs new Big Sky Blue paint scheme, but only a few short years later they would become part of Burlington Northernâs fleet and eventually receive BNâs green and white colors.
A long-time EMD customer, in 1967 GN purchased 10 EMD SW1500âs to replace 10 of its aging Alco S2 switchers. Planning to use them in yard and transfer service, GN ordered them with Flexicoil trucks. They arrived in GNâs new Big Sky Blue paint scheme, but only a few short years later they would become part of Burlington Northernâs fleet and eventually receive BNâs green and white colors.