| This 65’
mill gondola with Roller Bearing trucks was built for Great Northern
Railway in the mid 1950s and was designed to haul finished structural
steel shapes and other bulky loads. It later made its way to Burlington
Northern’s fleet, and was repainted in the 1970s. It had a 1,768
cubic foot capacity and featured drop ends that allowed the gondola
to carry loads longer than the car. Burlington Northern was formed
through the mergers of Great Northern and Northern Pacific in
1970, and then merged with ATSF in 1995 to form BNSF. |
