Units with a 2nd ATSF # in the 7200-7229 number series were painted in the red/yellow SPSF "Kodachrome" scheme. BNSF 1576 upward were assigned the GN reporting mark to the 1st BNSF # before rebuilt.

Thanks to the BNSF merger, a handful of SPSF-painted C30-7's that were acquired by BN returned to Santa Fe rails in the mid-1990's. In a classic post-merger multicolored consist, BNSF 5193, ex-ATSF 8150, teams up with a red and silver warbonnet (with a BNSF orange air conditioner) and a BNSF-renumbered GP60 on an eastbound baretable train.

2002年12月26日 · SPSF-painted BNSF 5189, laid up with a bad engine, was one of several BNSF C30-7's sent to the shops in West Burlington, IA to be stripped of usable parts in August 1999. The balance of the C30-7's were formally retired in May of 2002.

2010年11月3日 · Take a ride as we follow along with train from Amtrak, Santa Fe, BNSF, and more.

2001年5月6日 · The SPSF-painted C30-7's are among a dwindling number of SPSF escapees that may still be roaming the rails in those long-obsolete colors. Santa Fe transferred ownership of units 8010-8098 to GE, but apparently retained ownership of 8099 …

The Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger was an attempted corporate consolidation of two of the major railroads in the Western United States at the time: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Southern Pacific Railroad.

On October 21, 1999 BNSF Dash 9-44CW #989 is on the point of a mixed freight as it drops down into Mojave, CA. This train has 7 units and 6 ATSF/BN/BNSF paint schemes; from the front H1, SPSF "Kodachrome", BN Cascade green, Warbonnet, H2, BN green, and ATSF Yellow bonnet.

It became SPSF #3148 in July of 1985, only to be renumbered back to ATSF #3649 before December of 1987. It was rebuilt into a GP39-2u and renumbered #3445 at that time. It became BNSF #2845 in September of 1999. GP30u #2466 began life as ATSF #2768 in April of 1963. It also wore #1268 and #3268 before becoming SPSF #2768 in 1982.

ATSF SD39u 1560 built in May 1969 as 4006, rebuilt to SFSP SD39u 1560 Nov. 1985, became BNSF 6204, and seen in Galesburg, IL Sept. 27, 1987. Larry Anglund photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS collection 3.

The Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger was an attempted corporate consolidation of two of the major railroads in the Western United States at the time: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Southern Pacific Railroad.