Big Sky cowl unit

Big Sky cowl unit

By Angela Cotey | January 9, 2025

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Great Northern 434 was one of the road’s 14 F45 freight diesels. Built in 1969, they carried GN’s “Big Sky blue” scheme of black, white, and blue. EMD built 86 F45s, for Santa Fe, GN, and Burlington Northern, during 1968–71.
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