BL20-2??? What was it?

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Anonymous

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BL20-2??? What was it?

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:17 PM

Does anybody have any info or pictures of these loco?

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CShaveRR

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From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:58 PM

The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide, second edition, page 30, tells all about these three locomotives.

They were 2000-horsepower rebuilds of early Geeps, produced at a time when a lot of Geeps were being rebuilt (EMD wanted to get into this business, as it wasn't producing many new locomotives at the time). They produced three of them, and couldn't sell 'em.

Carl

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SchemerBob

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From: Northeast Missouri
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Posted by SchemerBob on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:18 PM

The Field Guide to Modern Diesel Locomotives has a small blurb about them as well.

Long live the BNSF .... AND its paint scheme. SchemerBob

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:00 PM

Heres a photo of a BL20-2.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=17308

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nanaimo73

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From: Nanaimo BC Canada
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Posted by nanaimo73 on Thursday, September 15, 2005 1:32 AM

LLPX is leasing all 3 of them to Railamerica's MacKenzie Northern, which operates in Alberta. They were made out of BN GP9s, 1 SP&S, 1 NP and 1 CB&Q.

Dale

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