BN serving lumber district in Chicago after 1980
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I am looking for information how BN served the lumber district along W. Cermak Rd in the 1980s and 1990s. I can not find any information or photos of BN engines in that area.

The area must have been served earlier by CBQ because CIHR painted one of their engines in a CBQ look alike paint scheme as a tribute to the history of that line. BNSF continued to serve it after 2010 and probable since BNSF creation until CIHR toke over in 2000. Anyhow no information could be found what happened in the timeframe between CBQ and BNSF. I have an interest in that time starting in 1980.
Reinhard
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Putting W. Cermak Rd+BNSF into Google brings up stuff including youtube and I did find this <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3019978">http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... ?1,3019978</a><!-- m --> - you may need to be a subscriber - send me your email if you have problems
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shortliner Wrote:Putting W. Cermak Rd+BNSF .....
Yes, I am a subscriber and did find a lot of information about that area served by CIHR and BNSF. That is what I am currently using as my freelance prototype.
My question is explicit about the time after 1980 services by "Burlington Northern" only.

ps. There are some great video clips on YouTube of that area served by CIHR 2000-2010 (especially about the last day of service with the CBQ lookalike painted SW1200) and later on BNSF 2010-today with GP50 and GP39-3 (GP30 body).
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