MRL SD45 359 (ex-BN 6514)
MRL SD45 359 was built as BN 6514 in June of 1971.
The 6514 does have a bit of infamy. On 1-19-80 the 6514 was involved in a spectacular derailment near Ridgefield, WA when it and BN SD45 6467 slid down an embankment after a mudslide struck their train. The 6514 was rebuilt and is seen here at Interbay on 11-11-80.
Most of the BN SD45 fleet was retired in 1986 and the 6514 was no exception. However it found a new home on the NYSW in early 1987 and was repainted black and yellow and renumbered 3626 for its new owner. The locomotive was sold to the MRL in September of 1993. It was eventually renumbered 359 but kept the yellow and black paint. I photographed it at Glendive, MT on 7-15-95 during the NP Hostorical Society Convention.
It was apparently never painted into MRL blue. Info from the MRL Yahoo list has it listed for sale at Livingston 4/07 and being to Progress Rail 7/24/07. It departed Laurel for Chicago on 8-5-07 ending its years of service on the MRL.