>>1053012Yeah. The BN merger was basically a merger of the "Hill lines" (named for GN founder James Hill), which included GN, NP, CBQ, and SP&S and had basically been under the same management since the early 20th century. Some argue that their official merger into BN was just a formality.
SP&S had the largest ALCo Century fleet in the West, with two C415 switchers, about two dozen four-axle C424s and C425s and ten six-axle 3600 horsepower C636s (equivalent to EMD SD45s) delivered during the 1960s.
