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I belive the white face paint scheme was applied to only a slect few of the locomotive fleet. I dont belive it was to popular. The only loco's i seen with the white face where sum SD40-2's, C30-7's and the SD60M's. But only a few of these where paintied like that. <br /> <br />The BN did use GP50's. I think they ordered 53 units road numbers 3110-3162. These where ordered in 1985. the last 5 GP50's in the BN order numbers 3158-3162 had enlarged cab's to fit the entire train crew (conductor,enginer,2 brakemen) This reducing the nose length from the usual 88 inches to 65 inches. BN 3162 was the last GP50 ever built. <br /> <br />I belive that the BN used there GP50's in coal and TOFC service. They also used fuel tenders spliced in between other units for extra fuel. <br /> <br />P.S. train crew's hated the GP50 because it rode to hard. Hope this answers your question. Im sure other's will add to this too.
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