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Owner: Burlington Northern
Model:EMD SD9Built As:CS 839 (SD9)
Serial Number:25159Order No:5589
Frame Number:5589-9Built:4/1959
Notes:Ex CS, to BNSF, to MNTX: To BN, to CS.
Other locos with this serial:  BNSF 6234(SD9) BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 6234(SD9) CS 839(SD9)
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MNTX 400, 559, 6234 + 10106
Title:  MNTX 400, 559, 6234 + 10106
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 8/12/2024 11:19:21 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 400(SD45) MNTX 400(SD45) BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 559(GP7) MNTX 10106(45Tonner) BNSF 6234(SD9) MNTX 6234(SD9) SOO 559(GP7)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
BN 6234
Title:  BN 6234
Description:  BN 6234 poses in preparation for a railfan photoshoot.
Photo Date:  5/2/2017  Upload Date: 4/25/2022 11:35:34 AM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
BN 6234
Title:  BN 6234
Description:  BN 6234 poses in preparation for a railfan photoshoot.
Photo Date:  5/2/2017  Upload Date: 4/25/2022 11:36:21 AM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
BN 6234 At Rest
Title:  BN 6234 At Rest
Description:  BN gem 6234 rests on the house track at Osceola on Memorial Day weekend 2017.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/27/2017 11:21:47 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
6234 alone on the house track
Title:  6234 alone on the house track
Description:  BN 6234 awaits its reentry into service in August while 325 does the honors May-July
Photo Date:  7/16/2017  Upload Date: 7/24/2017 3:09:58 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
BN 6234 Cab Interior OSCV
Title:  BN 6234 Cab Interior OSCV
Description:  Inside the cab of C&S/BN/MNTX 6234
Photo Date:  8/19/2017  Upload Date: 11/16/2020 4:26:27 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
Shadowed in
Title:  Shadowed in
Description:  6234 rests in the shadows after a day on the rails
Photo Date:  8/19/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:07:43 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  48   Comments: 1
Unique view
Title:  Unique view
Description:  Im not yet on duty (arrived early) and was getting a head start on starting 325, but had to capture the unique view of 6234
Photo Date:  8/26/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:10:20 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:  GN 325(SDP40) BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
High-hood SD9
Title:  High-hood SD9
Description:  BN 6234 gets moved to the house track
Photo Date:  8/26/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:11:13 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  53   Comments: 1
SD9 Sun
Title:  SD9 Sun
Description:  MNTX 6234 enjoying the fall sun
Photo Date:  9/21/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:15:16 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  54   Comments: 1
Long hood
Title:  Long hood
Description:  The engine end of SD9 6234
Photo Date:  9/21/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:16:06 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  56   Comments: 1
BN Faces
Title:  BN Faces
Description:  BN classic and BN whiteface schemes represented at Osceola. Taken off duty w/ permission in PPE
Photo Date:  10/18/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:20:19 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) GN 325(SDP40)
Views:  248   Comments: 1
Turned Around
Title:  Turned Around
Description:  After facing east for several months, 6234 and 5 cars went around they wye at Dresser in preparation for pumpkin specials
Photo Date:  10/18/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:22:08 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  69   Comments: 1
Early Morning Lights
Title:  Early Morning Lights
Description:  Just after sunrise on a stormy morning, I fired up 6234 before duty time, since it was still dark and the lights were on, I had to take the shot.
Photo Date:  10/21/2017  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:24:03 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Night
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  65   Comments: 1
Classic EMDs
Title:  Classic EMDs
Description:  Two old EMDs still turning revenue miles many decades after being built, the stories these locomotives could tell.
Photo Date:  1/27/2018  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:34:27 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 3110(SW1)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
All EMD
Title:  All EMD
Description:  Four of MTMs EMD locomotives sit outside waiting a turn in the shop for a check up. Inside getting work are 559 and 454. LST&T 101 is in the barn.
Photo Date:  1/27/2018  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:38:44 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  NP 105(SW1200) BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 3110(SW1) MNTX 325(SDP40)
Views:  413   Comments: 1
Green SD9
Title:  Green SD9
Description:  BN 6234 in the winter sun
Photo Date:  2/14/2018  Upload Date: 2/14/2018 6:48:04 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
Big Green Machines
Title:  Big Green Machines
Description:  325 and 6234 in the winter sun
Photo Date:  2/14/2018  Upload Date: 2/14/2018 7:14:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 325(SDP40)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Turntable Spin
Title:  Turntable Spin
Description:  SD9 6234 takes a spin on the turntable as it gets ready for a test start before going to Train Day at SPUD
Photo Date:  4/28/2018  Upload Date: 5/12/2018 7:33:25 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  90   Comments: 1
BN 6234
Title:  BN 6234
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/1/2020 1:06:44 AM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Max Koehn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Cascade Green Gem
Title:  Cascade Green Gem
Description:  Minnesota Transportation Museum's classic Burlington Northern SD9 attracts visitors while on display at St. Paul Union Depot for National Train Day 2018. MTM's Train Days display train, led by their Soo Line-painted ex-Rock Island geep, is in the left background.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 7:47:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 559(GP7)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
BN 6234 Cab Interior SPUD
Title:  BN 6234 Cab Interior SPUD
Description:  Inside the cab of C&S/BN/MNTX 6234
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 11/16/2020 3:55:52 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
BN High Hoods
Title:  BN High Hoods
Description:  Where else in the world can you find a BN SD7 and a BN SD9 in the same place in 2018?
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/12/2018 7:36:07 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6008(SD7) BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  802   Comments: 2
Around the MNNR Connector
Title:  Around the MNNR Connector
Description:  The MTM spring Migration heads for the BN St. Paul Sub via the Minnesota Commercial connection at Park Jct.
Photo Date:  6/19/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:00:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
Thundering up Shoreham Hill
Title:  Thundering up Shoreham Hill
Description:  The two BN units make noise in high notches headed up Shoreham hill to Withrow.
Photo Date:  6/19/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:01:35 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  108   Comments: 1
Arriving CN rails
Title:  Arriving CN rails
Description:  The MTM migration departs Withrow with authority onto CNs Dresser Sub.
Photo Date:  6/19/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:03:36 PM
Location:  Withrow, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  158   Comments: 1
Back on the move
Title:  Back on the move
Description:  The MTM migration is back on the move after encountering a downed tree just outside of Withrow, requiring a removal, delaying the train.
Photo Date:  6/19/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:05:22 PM
Location:  Maple Island, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 325(SDP40)
Views:  84   Comments: 1
Arriving Track 1
Title:  Arriving Track 1
Description:  After 8 hours on the road, the MTM migration arrives "home" for the summer.
Photo Date:  6/19/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:06:43 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  100   Comments: 1
Late Production Power
Title:  Late Production Power
Description:  BN 6234 came out late in the production of SD9s, enough to be a cross-breed SD9/SD18 kept up to date by BN & BNSF until donation 15 years ago. Today, the SD9 powers the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway excursion trains.
Photo Date:  6/30/2018  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:16:14 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  97   Comments: 1
Autumn 6234
Title:  Autumn 6234
Description:  BN 6234 with fall colors
Photo Date:  10/13/2018  Upload Date: 2/10/2019 2:22:44 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
BN 6234 Fall 2018
Title:  BN 6234 Fall 2018
Description:  A roster of 6234 all lit up
Photo Date:  10/13/2018  Upload Date: 2/10/2019 2:23:29 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  63   Comments: 1
BN high-hood SD sandwich
Title:  BN high-hood SD sandwich
Description:  BN 6234 and BN 6008 sandwich the NP 105
Photo Date:  2/9/2019  Upload Date: 2/10/2019 2:37:57 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  BN 6008(SD7) NP 105(SW1200) BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  445   Comments: 1
Winter BN Scene
Title:  Winter BN Scene
Description:  BN 6234 and the BN boxcar out in the snow
Photo Date:  2/9/2019  Upload Date: 2/10/2019 2:40:41 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) NP 105(SW1200)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
Winter Old Reliable
Title:  Winter Old Reliable
Description:  BN 6234 in the snow
Photo Date:  2/9/2019  Upload Date: 2/10/2019 2:42:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  84   Comments: 1
BN lineup
Title:  BN lineup
Description:  Imagine this as a night photo shoot with 6008!
Photo Date:  2/16/2019  Upload Date: 2/21/2019 11:37:28 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 325(SDP40)
Views:  160   Comments: 1
Long Hood Forward
Title:  Long Hood Forward
Description:  Back from Dresser, the 6234 is now running long hood forward, and will do so all the way to Marine on St. Croix, MN, where the crew will take her to the other end of the train for the return run to Osceola.
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 10:21:06 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  96   Comments: 1
Glimpse Of The 6234
Title:  Glimpse Of The 6234
Description:  First thing I saw when I got to Osceola this day was Burlington Northern 6234 and the MTM crew, back from the first run to Marine on St. Croix on the long July 4th weekend.
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 10:11:45 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  91   Comments: 1
Here Comes Downtown
Title:  Here Comes Downtown
Description:  The train to Dresser approaches downtown Dresser with the afternoon train to that locale.
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 10:31:38 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
"Hello, Dresser, Hel-lo!"
Title:  "Hello, Dresser, Hel-lo!"
Description:  The train to Dresser reaches its destination, the town's vibrant Soo Line depot, on time, as usual. To paraphrase Scatman C. from "Silver Streak": "Hello Dresser, hel-lo! Gotta drink to that." :-)
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 7/9/2019 7:39:39 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  168   Comments: 2
Charging The Depot
Title:  Charging The Depot
Description:  The Dresser train charges into the Osceola deport grounds after backing up to get up enough speed so the MTM volunteer aboard Northern Pacific RPO 1102 can grab the mail sack on display there "on the fly", just like in the old days.
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 10:15:16 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  89   Comments: 1
Almost To The Mail Bag
Title:  Almost To The Mail Bag
Description:  The Dresser train enters the Osceola depot grounds, seconds away from snatching the mail bag "on the fly."
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 10:36:49 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
BN 6234
Title:  BN 6234
Description:  6234 with dim lights at Osceola
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 10/8/2019 7:08:42 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Off To Marine
Title:  Off To Marine
Description:  The afternoon train to Marine on St. Croix is off on a somewhat humid but otherwise pleasant Saturday afternoon during the long July 4 weekend.
Photo Date:  7/6/2019  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 10:37:32 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  202   Comments: 1
Just About Ready
Title:  Just About Ready
Description:  The afternoon train to Marine on St. Croix, MN, is just about ready to go, as a volunteer gives the cars a pre-departure inspection.
Photo Date:  7/9/2019  Upload Date: 7/11/2019 7:41:21 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Great Northern 325
Title:  Great Northern 325
Description:  Operating on the Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway.
Photo Date:  5/8/2021  Upload Date: 10/17/2022 5:44:39 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNTX 325(SDP40) BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern 6234
Title:  Burlington Northern 6234
Description:  Operating on the Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway.
Photo Date:  5/8/2021  Upload Date: 10/17/2022 5:47:19 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern 6234
Title:  Burlington Northern 6234
Description:  Operating on the Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway.
Photo Date:  5/8/2021  Upload Date: 10/17/2022 5:49:10 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 325(SDP40)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
BN 325 in the Snow
Title:  BN 325 in the Snow
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2022  Upload Date: 4/8/2023 11:50:09 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MNTX 325(SDP40) SOO 559(GP7) MNTX 559(GP7) BN 6234(SD9) BNSF 6234(SD9) MNTX 6234(SD9)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
MNTX 325, 454, 559, 6234 + Equipment in the Snow
Title:  MNTX 325, 454, 559, 6234 + Equipment in the Snow
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2022  Upload Date: 2/17/2023 12:48:06 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MNTX 325(SDP40) MNTX 454(CF7) SOO 559(GP7) ATSF 2627(CF7) MNTX 559(GP7) BN 6234(SD9) BNSF 6234(SD9) MNTX 6234(SD9)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
NP 1102 in the Snow
Title:  NP 1102 in the Snow
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/26/2022  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 9:25:54 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) BNSF 6234(SD9) MNTX 6234(SD9)
Views:  56   Comments: 0


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