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Pictures of BN 6234
 
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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BN 6234
Title:  BN 6234
Description:  BM 6234 awaits the next run on the OSCVRy.
Photo Date:  5/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2021 3:35:55 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
BN & GN
Title:  BN & GN
Description:  Big power at Osceola
Photo Date:  5/9/2015  Upload Date: 5/12/2015 2:06:01 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) GN 400(SD45)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern 6234
Title:  Burlington Northern 6234
Description:  BN 6234 arrives Dresser.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/16/2021 6:45:44 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
Doubleheading Diesels
Title:  Doubleheading Diesels
Description:  BN 6234 assists GN 400 out of Dresser returning to Osceola.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/16/2021 6:48:15 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) GN 400(SD45)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Doubleheading Diesels
Title:  Doubleheading Diesels
Description:  BN 6234 assists GN 400 arriving Osceola.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/16/2021 6:49:47 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) GN 400(SD45)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
2015 Great Northern Convention
Title:  2015 Great Northern Convention
Description:  The 2015 Great Northern Historical Society Fan Trip with GN 400 operates on the Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/16/2021 6:58:33 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  GN 400(SD45) BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
2015 Great Northern Convention
Title:  2015 Great Northern Convention
Description:  The 2015 Great Northern Historical Society Fan Trip with GN 400 operates on the Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/16/2021 7:01:47 PM
Location:  Marine on Saint Croi, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Full Yard
Title:  Full Yard
Description:  MTMs yard at JSRH full of equipment
Photo Date:  11/14/2015  Upload Date: 1/25/2017 2:47:23 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MNTX 559(GP7) NP 105(SW1200) BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 325(SDP40)
Views:  640   Comments: 0
GN 400
Title:  GN 400
Description:  GN 400 in storage at the Jackson Street Roundhouse
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 1/17/2021 6:20:40 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GN 400(SD45) BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Lonely SD9
Title:  Lonely SD9
Description:  Opening Day on the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway
Photo Date:  4/30/2016  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 5:17:52 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Green Machines
Title:  Green Machines
Description:  GN 325 (BN 6399) and BN 6234 await their turn in the rotation of the lineup.
Photo Date:  5/8/2016  Upload Date: 2/17/2021 2:08:40 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 325(SDP40)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
MTM Yard
Title:  MTM Yard
Description:  assorted pieces of railroad equipment spread out over the MTM complex.
Photo Date:  11/26/2016  Upload Date: 1/17/2021 6:39:07 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  GN 400(SD45) MNTX 10106(45Tonner) BN 6234(SD9) SOO 559(GP7) NP 105(SW1200)
Views:  308   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:  77   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:  50   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:  74   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:  193   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:  54   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:  342   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:  58   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:  57   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:  63   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:  275   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:  75   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:  72   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:  226   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:  436   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:  144   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:  157   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:  93   Comments: 1
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:  168   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:  816   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:  345   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:  113   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:  162   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:  93   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:  104   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:  102   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:  92   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:  70   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:  475   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:  229   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:  90   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:  167   Comments: 1
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:  68   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:  74   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:  61   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:  74   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern 6234
Title:  Burlington Northern 6234
Description:  Trains Magazine Photo Charter
Photo Date:  9/11/2023  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 9:50:53 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern 6234
Title:  Burlington Northern 6234
Description:  Trains Magazine Photo Charter
Photo Date:  9/11/2023  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 9:54:31 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern 6234
Title:  Burlington Northern 6234
Description:  Trains Magazine Photo Charter
Photo Date:  9/11/2023  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 9:58:45 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  40   Comments: 0

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