BN Freedom caboose

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Railfan1

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July 2006
From: The Beautiful North Georgia Mountians
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Posted by Railfan1 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:32 PM

Wow, great picture! I didn't know that thing was still around.

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Lyon_Wonder

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September 2005
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Posted by Lyon_Wonder on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:53 PM

Dickinson, ND.

http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=20356

route_rock

Member since
June 2004
From: Over yonder by the roundhouse
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Posted by route_rock on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:06 PM

Looks like the doors still work ( most of the waycars here have their doors welded shut) where is it at Lyon?

Yes we are on time but this is yesterdays train

SD60M

Member since
April 2007
From: Memphis, Tennessee
446 posts

Posted by SD60M on Friday, July 20, 2007 2:18 AM

WOW!! I didnt even know it was still around. I thought it would be repainted or scrapped or something. Thats probably the cleanest BN car in the system.

Long Live The Burlington Northern!

Lyon_Wonder

Member since
September 2005
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BN Freedom caboose

Posted by Lyon_Wonder on Friday, July 20, 2007 12:08 AM

BN 12618, otherwise known as the Freedom Caboose, sure looks pristine after all these years. This picture was taken only a week ago.

Probably about the only piece of railroad equipment in red white and blue still in pristine condition. All the bicentennial paint jobs were repainted or retired long ago, and ditto for the 1991 themes.