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BN 6349
The BN 6349 in this discussion is actually the second BN SD40-2 to carry this number.
The first BN 6349 was built in March 1973 with Locotrol and renumbered to BN 6809. I am unable to find the date it was renumbered to the 6809.
The second 6349 was built as Colorado and Southern SD40-2 901 in March 1972 and assigned to Livingston, MT.
I first saw the C&S 901 on 8-3-73 and my one and only photo of it was taken that same day. The 901 is seen in this photo of train #174 leaving East Auburn, WA in a consist of 5710/5759/1871/C&S 901/1728. (2 U33C/GP9/SD40-2/GP9)
Searching online I have not been able to find any other photos of the C&S 901.
The C&S 901 was renumbered to C&S 6349 in August of 1979.
In January 1982 the C&S was dropped and it became BN 6349.
My first photos of the BN 6349 were taken on 3-2-89 at Seattle Stacy Street yard after a winter snowstorm. Note you can still see C&S lettering above the numberboards.
In this photo of BN 6349 taken at La Crosse, WI the C&S lettering is gone.
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After the BNSF merger the 6349 was renumbered to BNSF 6375 in February of 1999 and repainted.
Here the BNSF 6375 is leading a southbound at South Seattle on 5-14-00 in its new H1 paint.
On 5-24-03 I saw the 6375 leading again at Hope, ID on the MRL, this time from a friends boat on Lake Pend Oreille.
One last photo of the BNSF 6375 is by Jim Matuska at La Crosse, WI in 2005. Note how dirty the SD40-2 has gotten.
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On 7-9-09 the 6375 was renumbered to BNSF 1956 to make way for new GE ES44AC's the BNSF was purchasing. Last photo I have seen of the BNSF 1956 (ex-BNSF 6375, BN 6349, C&S 6349, C&S 901) was taken at Abilene, KS this past October. Still in HI but with those big white AC units on the cab roof. But it is still around at least.