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Does the GNRHS own any ex-Great Northern locomotives?
 
Indeed we do. The GNRHS owns GN 400, the first 3600 horsepower, 20 cylinder production model, SD45
diesel electric locomotive manufactured by General Motors Corporation
(EMD).
Click here
and here for more
pictures of GN 400 from the 2005 Fergus Falls convention.
Our big SD45 was recently repainted at the Wisconsin & Southern shop
in Horicon, Wisconsin.
GN 400 was delivered in May, 1966 to the Minneapolis Junction Roundhouse in St. Paul, MN and was
christened “Hustle Muscle” by the Great Northern Railway. In 1970,
this locomotive became Burlington Northern “6430”. In September, 1973 “6430”
underwent Class One
repairs at Livingston, Montana and was repainted in cascade green. At the
request of numerous railfans and employees, “6430” retained its “Hustle
Muscle” nickname.
In 1986, “6430” was retired and donated to the Great Northern Railway
Historical Society. In 1989, “6430” was repainted to its original GN
400 paint scheme at Grand Forks, ND. GN 400 was then stored at the Lake
Superior Museum of Transportation in Duluth, MN.
In mid-December 2000, GN 400 made the trip from Duluth to St.
Paul. It was on display at the BNSF
Northtown Diesel Shop (Minneapolis, MN) and is now berthed in its permanent home
at the MTM Jackson Street Roundhouse in St.
Paul, MN.

According to GNRHS President Jim
Larson, we have begun to form a Hustle Muscle Team made up of volunteers from the
BNSF Northtown Diesel Shop and GN Vets.
GN 400 at Dale Street Shop St. Paul, Minnesota September, 1967

Statistics
for GN 400 “HUSTLE MUSCLE” SD45
Builder Date: May, 1966
Builder Number: 31598
Transition: Automatic
Model: SD45
Length: 65’8”
Dynamic Brake: Variable
Builder: EMD
Width: 10’
Air Brake: 26L
Horsepower: 3600
Height: 15’7”
Air Compressor: WBO
WH-AR: C-C
Min Cont Speed: 8.5 mph
Fuel Capacity: 4000 Gallons
Weight: 369,340
Main Generator: AR-10
Sand Capacity: 56 Cubic Feet
Starting TE: 91,999
Alternator: D-14
Cooling System: 288 Gallons
Prime Mover: 20-645E3
Aux. Generator: 10 KW
Lube Oil: 294 Gallons
MU Control: Equipped
Traction Motor: D-77
Gear Ratio: 60:17
Information provided by Great Northern Railway Historical Society
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