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Owner: Burlington Northern
Model:Alco RS11Built As:NP 917 (RS11)
Serial Number:83587Order No:21131
Frame Number:prime mover # 15181Built:6/1960
Notes:ex-NP 917
Other locos with this serial:  BN 4197(RS11) NP 917(RS11)
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BN 4197 RS11
Title:  BN 4197 RS11
Description:  BN 4197 makes a rare appearance at Bellingham.
Photo Date:  10/17/1970  Upload Date: 11/25/2006 1:46:50 AM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  1188   Comments: 0
BN 4197 Fern North
Title:  BN 4197 Fern North
Description:  A nice collection of post BN merger power at Bellingham.
Photo Date:  10/17/1970  Upload Date: 11/20/2006 10:15:25 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11) BN 849(F9B)
Views:  1432   Comments: 3
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description:  The brilliant Bellingham evening sun hits BN 4197.
Photo Date:  10/17/1970  Upload Date: 11/20/2006 10:19:04 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
BN 4197 North
Title:  BN 4197 North
Description:  Fern Turn North arrives mid-yard to make a setout.
Photo Date:  10/17/1971  Upload Date: 2/10/2015 5:54:20 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11) BN 849(F9B)
Views:  565   Comments: 1
BN 4197 North
Title:  BN 4197 North
Description:  Think this was the only time BN ran this unit on the BN Bham Sub.
Photo Date:  10/17/1971  Upload Date: 2/10/2015 5:54:52 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  1966467   Comments: 1
BN 4197 North
Title:  BN 4197 North
Description:  The Fern Turn always had unusual lashups.
Photo Date:  10/17/1971  Upload Date: 2/10/2015 5:53:45 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/1971  Upload Date: 2/10/2015 5:55:19 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1974  Upload Date: 2/27/2018 6:00:52 PM
Location:  Albany, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  472   Comments: 1
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description:  exNP RS11 917
Photo Date:  6/30/1974  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 10:16:00 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  1039   Comments: 0
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description:  BN 4197 is still in NP as delivered colors over four years after the BN merger.
Photo Date:  8/28/1974  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 8:43:28 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description:  BN 4197
Photo Date:  8/23/1975  Upload Date: 9/14/2022 9:52:49 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Glenn Newman
Categories:  Roster,Station,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11) BN 1775(GP9) BN 4068(RS3) BN 1778(GP9) BN 433(SW1000)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description:  Rear view of BN 4197.
Photo Date:  7/31/1977  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 8:45:22 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
BN 4197
Title:  BN 4197
Description:  BN 4197 will leave the roster in August 1980.
Photo Date:  7/31/1977  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 8:46:38 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
BN 4197 RS11
Title:  BN 4197 RS11
Description:  VANCOUVER WA Sept 28 1978 -- Burlington Norther RS11 4197 sits at the engine facility. Alco built the unit (builder number 83587) in June 1960 as Northern Pacific 917. It became BN 4197 August 18 1980 after the merger. It was retired in August 1980 and sold to Chrome Crankshaft Sept 8 1980 and then to Dow Chimical as DOWX 1005 (Ft Saskatchewan AB) in July 1987. A photo by Jesse Acorn taken March 14 2010 shows the loco as a "well-picked over carcass." (Roster information from http://research.nprha.org, locophotos.com and trainweb.com/oldtimetrains)
Photo Date:  9/28/1978  Upload Date: 3/18/2012 2:43:45 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  1096   Comments: 1
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  BN 4056
Photo Date:  8/14/1980  Upload Date: 3/24/2018 7:29:18 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3) BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  644   Comments: 0
BN 4364
Title:  BN 4364
Description:  BN 4364
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 2/16/2017 8:21:43 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4364(C636) BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  646   Comments: 1

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