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Burlington Northern in Color, Volume 2
A Cascade of Color

By: Jim Boyd

Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2007
Hardcover, 128 pages, All Color

List Price: $59.95                                       Our Price: $47.96

Follow author Jim Boyd as the BN merger takes place and its eclectic locomotive roster is organized. Experimental paint schemes and massive renumbering are all well illustrated and detailed.

Contents Include:

Foreword...3

Introduction...4

Chapter 1
Premature Painting...6
The Green Burlington SD45s...10
The Green Burlington U23Cs...14
Post-Green Blues...16

Chapter2
"M-Day" March 2, 1970...18
BN 1970 Map...21
The First BN Greens...22

Chapter 3
Colorful Chaos...32
Old Colors and New Numbers...34
Switching Over...38
Big Reds with New Numbers...40
Life Begins at Clyde...48
Farewell to the Monad...52
The Enduring RS11s...56
BN-ing the Big Boats...58
Two Generations of EMD's...60
Breckenridge - September 27, 1976...62
Renumbering and Retiring Rocky...64
The NW5 Fleet...66
Long Hood Forward...68
Low Noses - No Logos...72
Bye Bye Big Sky...74
Sons of Hustle Muscle...76
The Northwest's Own Alsos...78
Finally Legitimate...84

Chapter 4
Inheriting the Domeliners...90
BN Passenger Map...92
"It Looks Like the Ladder Fell Over"...94
The Pre-Merger GN Green Streamliners...96
Burlington Northern Takes Over...98
The Short-Lived BN California Zephyr...108
The BN Does Dinkies...112

Chapter 5
Amtrak Changes Everything...114
The Beginning of the End...116
Amtrak Arrives: may 1, 1971...118
California the Hard Way...120
The Amtrak Empire Builder...122
BN Diesel Roster - 1970-1971...125
Preview BN Volume 3...128