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Pictures of BNSF 2917
 
Owner: BNSF Railway
Model:Rebuilt EMD GP39EBuilt As:CBQ 987 (GP35)
Serial Number:28982Order No:7719
Frame Number:7719-2Built:5/1964
Notes:blt 5/64 as CB&Q GP35 987
Other locos with this serial:  BN 2533(GP35) CBQ 987(GP35) BN 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
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BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/2004  Upload Date: 1/6/2008 12:15:42 AM
Location:  Green Valley, MN
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  824   Comments: 1
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/2004  Upload Date: 1/6/2008 12:18:36 PM
Location:  Merrill, IA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  879   Comments: 3
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/2004  Upload Date: 1/6/2008 12:19:09 PM
Location:  Merrill, IA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  834   Comments: 0
BNSF 2513
Title:  BNSF 2513
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/6/2006  Upload Date: 4/18/2008 6:59:05 AM
Location:  Corson, SD
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2513(GP35u) BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2930(GP39E)
Views:  1297   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2007  Upload Date: 6/18/2007 9:57:08 PM
Location:  Sioux Falls, SD
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  809   Comments: 0
BNSF GP39E 2917
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/2009  Upload Date: 7/1/2009 4:28:34 PM
Location:  Mill Creek, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  757   Comments: 1
BNSF GP39E 2917
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/2009  Upload Date: 7/1/2009 4:29:01 PM
Location:  Mill Creek, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  755   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 7:47:33 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Erik Edmonds
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
BNSF Work Train
Title:  BNSF Work Train
Description:  BNSF Westbound Worktrain
Photo Date:  10/3/2009  Upload Date: 11/3/2010 6:58:55 PM
Location:  West Glacier, MT
Author:  Doug Saxty
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2745(GP39E)
Views:  1098   Comments: 3
BNSF 2917 drops down the Red Rock after working the north side of town
Title:  BNSF 2917 drops down the Red Rock after working the north side of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/21/2010  Upload Date: 7/6/2010 7:45:01 PM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  796   Comments: 1
Backwards thinking
Title:  Backwards thinking
Description:  Four-axle road power and six-axle yard locos?
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/30/2010 11:59:25 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Richard Olson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 509(B40-8W) BNSF 2042(GP38-3) BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 1810(SD39-2)
Views:  1549   Comments: 0
BNSF 29179Local 466 (5- SD-40-2's)
Title:  BNSF 29179Local 466 (5- SD-40-2's)
Description:  466 local running around their train at west Verdigris siding
Photo Date:  12/27/2011  Upload Date: 1/2/2012 9:21:37 PM
Location:  Verdigris, OK
Author:  Jay Hastings
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  793   Comments: 0
BNSF GP39E 2917
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 11:20:18 AM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
BNSF GP39E 2917
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 11:20:47 AM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
YARD POWER
Title:  YARD POWER
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/21/2012  Upload Date: 11/21/2012 12:16:50 PM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1810(SD39-2) BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2030(GP38-2) BNSF 2011(GP38-2) BNSF 2831(GP39M)
Views:  1607   Comments: 1
BNSF GP39E 2917 & BNSF GP38-2 2030
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917 & BNSF GP38-2 2030
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/21/2012  Upload Date: 11/21/2012 12:17:16 PM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2030(GP38-2)
Views:  1181   Comments: 1
BNSF GP39E 2917 & BNSF GP38-2 2030
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917 & BNSF GP38-2 2030
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/21/2012  Upload Date: 11/21/2012 12:18:03 PM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2030(GP38-2)
Views:  1042   Comments: 0
YARD POWER
Title:  YARD POWER
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/21/2012  Upload Date: 11/21/2012 12:18:35 PM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1810(SD39-2) BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2030(GP38-2) BNSF 2011(GP38-2) BNSF 2831(GP39M)
Views:  1591   Comments: 0
BNSF GP39E 2917
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2012  Upload Date: 11/29/2012 11:27:11 AM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  645   Comments: 0
BNSF GP39E 2917
Title:  BNSF GP39E 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/27/2012  Upload Date: 12/27/2012 11:17:54 AM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Kent Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/4/2014  Upload Date: 1/5/2014 9:57:49 PM
Location:  Afton, OK
Author:  Allen Roche
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  626   Comments: 1
Some neat stuff
Title:  Some neat stuff
Description:  Look closely and youll see EMD Demos 1211 and 1212 along w/ an Abtrak motor.
Photo Date:  4/15/2014  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 11:08:42 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Wyatt M
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 8197(SD60M) BNSF 8950(SD70MAC) NS 9087(C40-9W) BNSF 694(C44-9W) BNSF 9459(SD70MAC) BNSF 9616(SD70MAC)
Views:  2037   Comments: 4
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 currently the rear of the pair, but soon to be the front after a little shuffle and run-around. The local CBRW mixed consist continues to move up and away on the elevated spur out of town.
Photo Date:  8/8/2014  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 4:15:14 PM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 returns southbound with the Connell Local in the evening
Photo Date:  8/9/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2019 2:23:06 PM
Location:  Glade, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  657   Comments: 1
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 returns southbound with the Connell Local in the evening
Photo Date:  8/9/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2019 2:23:36 PM
Location:  Glade, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  633   Comments: 1
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 returns southbound with the Connell Local in the evening
Photo Date:  8/9/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2019 2:24:21 PM
Location:  Glade, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  661   Comments: 1
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 returns southbound with the Connell Local in the evening
Photo Date:  8/9/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2019 2:24:57 PM
Location:  Glade, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  569   Comments: 1
BNSF 2917 - BNSF 3186 - CBRW 171 - CBRW 2282
Title:  BNSF 2917 - BNSF 3186 - CBRW 171 - CBRW 2282
Description:  BNSF 2917 - BNSF 3186 below in the Connell Yard do a run-around as CBRW 171 - CBRW 2282 chuff harder pulling up and away into the hills north of Connell on the local service spur.
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 9/13/2014 2:06:34 PM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 3186(GP50) CBRW 171(SD9) CBRW 2282(GP7u)
Views:  1055   Comments: 1
BNSF 3186 - BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 3186 - BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 3186 - BNSF 2917 sort duty with Tri-Cities to Connell shuffle work the yard - while an odd-noise off to the left shouldve hit me as the amazing act of having caught a local coming off/headed up into the hills.
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 9/13/2014 2:07:04 PM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Scenic,Signal
Locomotives:  BNSF 3186(GP50) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  709   Comments: 0
CBRW 171 - CBRW 2282 - BNSF 2917 - BNSF 3186
Title:  CBRW 171 - CBRW 2282 - BNSF 2917 - BNSF 3186
Description:  CBRW 171 - CBRW 2282 pulling up the hill up and away from the Connell Yard headed north-northwest while BNSF 3186-BNSF 2917 finish off duty below.
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 9/13/2014 2:18:50 PM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CBRW 171(SD9) CBRW 2282(GP7u) BNSF 3186(GP50) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  1032   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/2014  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 4:54:03 PM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  Richard Olson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  627   Comments: 1
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  Now stenciled as GP39-2
Photo Date:  8/27/2014  Upload Date: 9/5/2014 3:55:54 PM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  Richard Olson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
Rebuilt Geeps
Title:  Rebuilt Geeps
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2014  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 6:52:47 PM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  Richard Olson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2645(GP39-3) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  845   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2014  Upload Date: 9/15/2014 7:46:08 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Richard Chase
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  626   Comments: 0
BNSF 2645 & BNSF 2917 switching a reefer car
Title:  BNSF 2645 & BNSF 2917 switching a reefer car
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2014  Upload Date: 12/23/2014 2:29:47 AM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  Kyle Stubbs
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2645(GP39-3) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  1315   Comments: 1
BNSF 2917 - BNSF 2923
Title:  BNSF 2917 - BNSF 2923
Description:  BNSF 2917 - BNSF 2923 leading work train BN 961715 (crane-flat), BN 975415 (crane), BNSF 930406 (flat with concrete ties), BNSF 912837 & BNSF 914473 (filled ballast hoppers) out of Connell going north to the busy work of replacing ties and probably trying to get a double main going.
Photo Date:  4/9/2015  Upload Date: 4/15/2015 2:29:04 PM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2923(GP39E)
Views:  977   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 on lead for a little work train squirting through the exchange along the Connell yard.
Photo Date:  4/9/2015  Upload Date: 4/15/2015 2:28:01 PM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/28/2015  Upload Date: 6/29/2015 7:24:42 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Richard Chase
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  Assigned as the Butte yard switcher, BNSF 2917 is ex-BN 2917, rebuilt to GP39E from BN GP35 2533, nee-CB&Q 987.
Photo Date:  5/26/2016  Upload Date: 6/12/2016 3:37:51 PM
Location:  Butte, MT
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 stored at Interbay in Seattle, WA.
Photo Date:  6/22/2020  Upload Date: 7/5/2020 12:49:02 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Mark Gillings
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  606   Comments: 0
Interbay storage line
Title:  Interbay storage line
Description:  Interbay storage line in Seattle, WA.
Photo Date:  6/22/2020  Upload Date: 7/5/2020 12:50:28 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Mark Gillings
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 340(GP60B) BNSF 330(GP60B) BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2334(GP38-2) BNSF 1551(SD9) BNSF 1513(GP28M)
Views:  1870   Comments: 0
BNSF 1664
Title:  BNSF 1664
Description:  BNSF 1664
Photo Date:  5/23/2021  Upload Date: 6/3/2021 8:24:58 PM
Location:  Seattle - Ballard, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 1664(SD40-2) BNSF 340(GP60B) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  822   Comments: 0
Dead line
Title:  Dead line
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/20/2022  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 11:05:46 PM
Location:  Interbay, WA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GN 3534(SW1200) BNSF 1664(SD40-2) BNSF 340(GP60B) BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2334(GP38-2) BNSF 1513(GP28M)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
The Interbay Deadline
Title:  The Interbay Deadline
Description:  Varied BNSF engines are massed at the Interbay engine terminal. The yard has long been a storage site and deadline for dozens of yard and local freight power. BNSF 2553, an ex-Santa Fe GP35 rebuild, is on the far left near the sand and fuel racks. On the other side of the service area is BNSF 1453, a BN SD60M now in H2 paint. In the right foreground is a line of stored GP38ACs and GP38-2s, two of which still wear my beloved Cascade Green. Further back are a GP60, SD75I, and GP35, all of Santa Fe/BNSF lineage. Farthest back is another line of stored engines, including a GP60B, ex-Frisco Geep, and even a diminutive SW1200, originally built for Northern Pacific in 1956. Of the 15 engines in this shot, only five appear to be in serviceable condition. The others are likely in for maintenance, being stored for a surge in traffic, or awaiting scrap.
Photo Date:  6/19/2022  Upload Date: 8/29/2022 12:00:29 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 1453(SD60M) BNSF 2112(GP38AC) BN 2112(GP38AC) BNSF 2079(GP38-2) BNSF 2085(GP38-2) BNSF 2133(GP38AC) BNSF 2136(GP38AC) BN 2136(GP38AC) BNSF 155(GP60M) BNSF 288(SD75I) BNSF 2694(GP39-3) BNSF 2334(GP38-2) BN 2334(GP38-2) BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 340(GP60B) BNSF 1664(SD40-2) BNSF 3534(SW1200) BNSF 2553(GP39-3)
Views:  1027   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2022  Upload Date: 9/3/2022 10:05:35 AM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description:  BNSF 2917 at the Champion fueling tracks in Seattle, WA.
Photo Date:  11/15/2022  Upload Date: 11/22/2022 4:39:21 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Mark Gillings
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2025 2:43:56 PM
Location:  Puyallup, WA
Author:  NorthWest RailPhotos
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2609(GP39-3) BNSF 3155(GP50)
Views:  684   Comments: 0
Geep trio returns on Crew 4
Title:  Geep trio returns on Crew 4
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2025 2:43:38 PM
Location:  Puyallup, WA
Author:  NorthWest RailPhotos
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3155(GP50) BNSF 2609(GP39-3) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
Geep trio on Crew 2
Title:  Geep trio on Crew 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2025 2:41:41 PM
Location:  Puyallup, WA
Author:  NorthWest RailPhotos
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3155(GP50) BNSF 2609(GP39-3) BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
BNSF 2917
Title:  BNSF 2917
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/28/2024  Upload Date: 2/2/2024 4:40:46 PM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2917(GP39E)
Views:  353   Comments: 0

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