HO ATH SW1500 Locomotive, GN #208

A long-time EMD customer, in 1967 GN purchased 10 EMD SW1500’s to replace 10 of its aging Alco S2 switchers. Planning to use them in yard and transfer service, GN ordered them with Flexicoil trucks. They arrived in GN’s new Big Sky Blue paint scheme, but only a few short years later they would become part of Burlington Northern’s fleet and eventually receive BN’s green and white colors.