Railfanning in Vancouver, Washington, in March, 1997

These pictures were taken while railfanning at the Amtrak depot in Vancouver, Washington, in March, 1997. Upon arriving, Burlington Northern C30-7 #5575 and SD40-2 #6334 were moving through the yard. This is an admittedly terrible picture, but fortunately it wasn't the last I would see of these two locomotives.

Union Pacific #5031 is a 3,600-horsepower SD50 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in December 1984. It was originally delivered in Union Pacific colors but with Missouri Pacific lettering. It was relettered for Union Pacific in August 1990.

Union Pacific #9368 is a 4,000-horsepower Dash 8-40CW that was built by General Electric in January 1990. It was part of Union Pacific's first order for GE locomotives with the North American Safety Cab.

Reflecting Union Pacific's recent merger with the Chicago & North Western, Union Pacific #9368 has acquired an air conditioner with a green stripe from a former Chicago & North Western locomotive.

Burlington Northern #5575 & #6334 returned to pass by the front of the depot. Burlington Northern #5575 is a 3,000-horsepower C30-7 that was built by General Electric in February 1979. Behind it is Burlington Northern #6334, a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1972. While SD40-2s were common in the Pacific Northwest, C30-7s were not.

United Grain Corporation RE-1254 is a 1,200-horsepower SW9 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1951 as Atlantic Coast Line #662. The Atlantic Coast Line merged with the Seaboard Air Line in 1967 to create the Seaboard Coast Line, and this locomotive became Seaboard Coast Line #144. Later, it was apparently acquired by the Railway Equipment Leasing Company (RELCO) and leased to the United Grain Corporation in Vancouver.

Arriving with the southbound Coast Starlight, Amtrak #802 is a 4,000-horsepower Dash 8-40BP (or B40-8P) that was built by General Electric in 1993. Trailing it is one of the previous generation of Amtrak locomotives, a 3,000-horsepower F40PH that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors.

Waiting with a westbound train from the Columbia River Gorge, Burlington Northern #2711 is a 2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in March 1981.

Illustrating the BNSF merger, behind Burlington Northern #2711 is a mixed consist of BNSF locomotives, with an EMD in the blue and yellow "Warbonnet" paint scheme from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and three of BNSF's General Electric Dash 9-44CWs.