Burlington Northern EMD SDP45 9857 by Craig Garver Via Flickr: Burlington Northern EMD SDP45 9857 at Cheyenne, Wyoming, February 16, 1974. Photographer: Bruce Black. Scanned from a 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 negative owned by Digital Rail Artist. This engine was built as Great Northern 327 in June, 1967, part of a single order for eight units. GN 326-333 were delivered June to August, 1967. It became BN 9857 in the 1970 merger, then BN 6593 when it was removed from passenger service. It was retired in June, 1986.














