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BN 475

It was delivered in the GN's orange and green Empire Builder scheme, later to the simplified scheme and finally Big Sky Blue. The Great Northern Color Pictorial Vol 2 shows the 128 assigned to Lines West - Spokane Division in 1969.

After the 1970 BN merger the 128 was renumbered to BN 475 and assigned to Hillyard. On a trip to Spokane on 8-4-71 I noted the 475 already in BN green paint. In the mid-70's the 475 was reassigned to Vancouver, WA.

I photographed the 475 working in Portland, OR on 5-3-80.

I photographed it one last time at Portland, OR in storage 7-18-82.

The 475 had already been retired in June 1982 when I saw it in July of 1982. It was sold to Simon and Sons in 1983 and scrapped.