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Burlington Northern in Color, Volume 1
The Urge to Merge

By: Jim Boyd

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

List Price: $59.95                                       Our Price: $47.96

The predecessors of Burlington Northern – GN, NP, CB&Q, SP&S – and the events leading up to the 1970 merger are illustrated in vivid color.  First in a three-volume set that will cover the entire history of Burlington Northern.

Contents Include:

Foreword...3

Introduction...4

Chapter 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Map
Harry Murphy's Steam Engines
Way of the Zephyrs
The Elegant E5s
Everywhere West
The First Dome
Graybacks
Black and Gray for Switchers
Chinese Red
Everybody into the Pool!
Colorado & Southern and FW&D
Cameron - Gateway to the Future
Dinkies and the Zephyr Pit
Dispatchers
CB&Q All-Time Diesel Roster

Chapter2
Northern Pacific Railway
Map
Northern Pacific Steam
"Northerns"
Malletts, Yellowstones and Challengers
The FT: Success of a Salesman
Loewy and Behold
St. Paul and Seattle
Bugs to Budds
Switchers: Road and Otherwise
The Big Jump to Six-Motors
NP All-Time Diesel Roster

Chapter 3
Great Northern Railway
Map
GN's Distinctive Steam Power
Brethren of the Empire Builder
Freight Cab Units
High Noses and Yard Goats
The Second Generation
The First SD45
NW3s, NW5s and "The Hutch"
Last Passenger Unit in Orange
SDP45s and Big Sky Blue
Delivering the SW1500s
Well, That Didn't Work
Big Sky Blue Takes Over
Last Blues
Diesel Roster

Chapter 4
Spokane, Portland & Seattle
Map
SP&S Steam
EMD's for Passenger Service
Alcos Arrive - And Leave
The Alco FA's
Centuries for the Second Generation
Switchers Old and New
Wishram
The Ultimate Alcos
SP&S Diesel Roster