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Pictures of BN 9917
 
Owner: Burlington Northern
Model:Rebuilt EMD E9AMBuilt As:CBQ 9987A (E9A)
Serial Number:20537Order No:2071
Frame Number:2071-A5Built:12/1955
Notes:ex-CB&Q 9987A, BN 9987, named: Village of Western Springs. Sold to LTEX
Other locos with this serial:  NERR 9917(E9A) LTEX 9917(E9A) CBQ 9987A(E9A) BN 9987(E9A) BN 9917(E9AM)
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BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  BN 9917 backs down to Union Station.
Photo Date:  8/25/1976  Upload Date: 8/28/2017 7:57:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1019   Comments: 1
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  BN 9917
Photo Date:  4/18/1979  Upload Date: 7/17/2007 8:53:08 AM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1332   Comments: 1
BN E9Au 9917
Title:  BN E9Au 9917
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/1980  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 10:35:40 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  915   Comments: 2
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/1980  Upload Date: 12/7/2007 9:27:09 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1146   Comments: 0
BN E9Am 9917
Title:  BN E9Am 9917
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad E9Am 9917 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/22/2018 9:48:17 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1097   Comments: 2
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  Sequence shot 1 of 2.
Photo Date:  6/11/1981  Upload Date: 12/10/2007 3:06:45 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  875   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  Sequence shot 2 of 2.
Photo Date:  6/11/1981  Upload Date: 12/10/2007 3:07:19 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  888   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/1981  Upload Date: 12/10/2007 3:07:52 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  2066   Comments: 1
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/1981  Upload Date: 12/10/2007 3:08:16 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  919   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/13/1981  Upload Date: 12/10/2007 3:09:03 PM
Location:  Downers Grove, IL
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  875   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  BN 9917 west of Chicago Union Station.
Photo Date:  8/3/1981  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 10:41:50 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  760   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  EB at Aurora Station
Photo Date:  9/28/1981  Upload Date: 2/3/2022 3:08:05 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  WB at Aurora Station
Photo Date:  9/28/1981  Upload Date: 2/3/2022 3:08:56 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  WB at Aurora Station
Photo Date:  9/28/1981  Upload Date: 2/3/2022 3:14:04 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
BN E9Am 9917
Title:  BN E9Am 9917
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad E9Am 9917 arriving at Aurora, Illinois on May 19, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/19/1982  Upload Date: 6/8/2015 11:57:02 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1045   Comments: 0
BN E9Am 9904
Title:  BN E9Am 9904
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad E9Am 9904, 9901, 9924, 9917, ?, and 9915 at the south end of the coach yard at 14th Street in Chicago, Illinois, August 12, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/12/1982  Upload Date: 8/20/2008 2:57:22 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 9904(E9AM) BN 9901(E9AM) BN 9917(E9AM) BN 9915(E9AM) BN 9924(E9AM)
Views:  2235   Comments: 1
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  BN 9917, exact date unknown, location uncertain
Photo Date:  11/1/1982  Upload Date: 7/17/2007 8:55:27 AM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1025   Comments: 0
BN E9Au 9917
Title:  BN E9Au 9917
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/26/1983  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 10:35:59 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  795   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  WB
Photo Date:  5/17/1983  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 9:16:33 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  915   Comments: 1
BN 9902 and 9917
Title:  BN 9902 and 9917
Description:  Chicago, May 1983.
Photo Date:  5/18/1983  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 6:40:49 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9902(E9AM) BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1043   Comments: 0
BN 9917--Commuter E-Unit
Title:  BN 9917--Commuter E-Unit
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1985  Upload Date: 10/11/2009 12:54:16 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  836   Comments: 1
BN E9 9917 LV 7-2-87
Title:  BN E9 9917 LV 7-2-87
Description:  Afternoon rush-hour parade of Es!
Photo Date:  7/2/1987  Upload Date: 6/22/2012 1:30:42 PM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  George Poulos
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1014   Comments: 0
Afternoon Delight: BN 9917 (backing in from yards) and 9920 (with home-bound commuters)
Title:  Afternoon Delight: BN 9917 (backing in from yards) and 9920 (with home-bound commuters)
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/1987  Upload Date: 9/8/2008 11:51:38 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM) BN 9920(E9AM)
Views:  1456   Comments: 1
Zephyr Pit
Title:  Zephyr Pit
Description:  Waiting for the afternoon rush hour.
Photo Date:  3/4/1988  Upload Date: 3/22/2018 12:39:51 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Steven J Brown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9925(E9AM) BN 9911(E9AM) BN 9921(E9AM) BN 9910(E9AM) BN 9924(E9AM) BN 9904(E9AM) BN 9903(E9AM) BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  3343   Comments: 11
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  Train 1223 departs the depot.
Photo Date:  6/13/1988  Upload Date: 10/23/2012 10:09:10 PM
Location:  Highlands, IL
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  843   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  Westbound 'dinky" at Hinsdale.
Photo Date:  8/30/1988  Upload Date: 10/28/2005 1:47:18 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1168   Comments: 0
(10) BN 9917
Title:  (10) BN 9917
Description:  9917 continues it's westward trek after a pause in Hinsdale.
Photo Date:  8/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 4:12:03 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, IL
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1142   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  BN 9917, BN 9910 & BN 9925
Photo Date:  11/5/1989  Upload Date: 10/20/2022 9:12:52 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Fred Dodds
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM) BN 9910(E9AM) BN 9925(E9AM)
Views:  1052   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  BN 9917, BN 9910 & BN 9925
Photo Date:  11/5/1989  Upload Date: 10/20/2022 9:13:10 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Fred Dodds
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM) BN 9910(E9AM) BN 9925(E9AM)
Views:  976   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  Train 1315 performs station work.
Photo Date:  6/9/1991  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 5:22:06 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  927   Comments: 1
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  Train 1315 departs the station.
Photo Date:  6/9/1991  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 5:24:14 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  896   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  E9AM 9917 was new as CBA 9987A, becoming BN 9987. After retirement it was acquired by Nashville & Eastern as NERR 9917. Ended up with Latty's Truck Electric in Ohio as LTEX 9917 and has now been dismantled.
Photo Date:  8/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/4/2024 7:51:46 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  J M Seidl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
Outbound (headlight on) and Inbound Pass on Union Station Leads (note signals)
Title:  Outbound (headlight on) and Inbound Pass on Union Station Leads (note signals)
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1991  Upload Date: 9/8/2008 11:51:38 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM) BN 9905(E9AM)
Views:  1212   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  E9Au
Photo Date:  6/26/1992  Upload Date: 11/29/2013 12:21:12 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Doug Tilley
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM)
Views:  1020   Comments: 0
BN 5917
Title:  BN 5917
Description:  Rusting away
Photo Date:  12/1/2012  Upload Date: 12/3/2012 2:14:47 AM
Location:  McDonald, OH
Author:  AJ Barber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM) LTEX 9917(E9A)
Views:  2480   Comments: 2
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/27/2023  Upload Date: 1/31/2026 9:16:35 PM
Location:  McDonald, OH
Author:  Niko B
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM) LTEX 9917(E9A)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
BN 9917
Title:  BN 9917
Description:  A very old BN E Unit, built for the CBQ, this unit was Sold to LTEX decades ago and has sit awaiting scrap since
Photo Date:  7/15/2025  Upload Date: 7/15/2025 7:40:09 PM
Location:  McDonald, OH
Author:  Niko B
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9917(E9AM) LTEX 9917(E9A)
Views:  557   Comments: 0

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