ATSF logo ATSF MK MK1200G
1200 class
master power roster with specifications and references
 
specifications
power: 
weight:  250,000 lbs39
tractive effort: 
  engine:  Caterpillar G3516 SITA39
fuel capacity:  1,400 gals LNG39
gear ratio:  62:1539
trucks:  EMD Blomberg trucks, with 40-in wheels and Hyatt bearings39
  generator: 
traction motors:  D78B39
dynamic brakes:  none39
 
roster
1200 class
road
number(s)
model builder
info
history disposition
 
  1200 

MK1200G 1200  BYW2
 
MK1200G 1200  BYW2
MK1200G builder:  MK39
date:  Jun9439
serial no.:  2300439
frame no.:  5487-539
order no.:  0392-139
numbered:   1200 39:
    • delivered:   date 
    • assignment:  LAJR39
    • paint: BYW239p
    • short hood:
        herald:  blue "SANTA FE" cigar-band around
            nose39p
    • cab:
    • long hood:
        logo:  54in  Santa Fe  on sides39p
    • frame:
transferred:  BNSF Rwy Co merger35
    22Sep9535,
  renumbered:  BNSF  1200 39
    12Aug9839
 
  1201 

MK1200G 1201  BYW2
 
MK1200G 1201  BYW2
MK1200G builder:  MK39
date:  Jun9439
serial no.:  2300239
frame no.:  5521-639
order no.:  0392-239
numbered:   1200 39:
    • delivered:   date 
    • assignment:  LAJR39
    • paint: BYW239p
    • short hood:
        herald:  blue "SANTA FE" cigar-band around
            nose39p
    • cab:
    • long hood:
        logo:  54in  Santa Fe  on sides39p
    • frame:
transferred:  BNSF Rwy Co merger35
    22Sep9535,
  renumbered:  BNSF  1200 39
    12Aug9839
 
references
35 Robert C. Del Grosso, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 1997 Annual, 1998.
39 Robert C. Del Grosso, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 1995 Motive Power Fleet, 2010.
 
abbreviations
ATSF -- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
BNSF -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, then to BNSF
BYW2 -- blue/yellow warbonnet paint
MK -- Morrison-Knudsen
 
notes
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