Business Cars (1970)

Previous Owner			Burlington Northern
Road	Car	Name/Number	Name/Number 1970	Update	1980’s
GN	Business Car	A-1	A-1	Red River in 1971	BNA 3	Remodeled in 1983
GN	Business Car	A-2	A-2	Columbia River in 1971	BNA 2	Remodeled in 1982
GN	Business Car	A-3	A-3	Glacier Pass in 1971 Sold to Alaska RR 12-10-71
GN	Business Car	A-4	A-4	Kootenai River in 1971	BNA 7	Remodled in 1982 and named Canadian River later back to Kootenai River
NP	Business Car	Clark Fork River
NP	Business Car	Yellowstone River			BNA 4	Remodeled in 1983
CB&Q	Business Car	Burlington	Burlington	Burlington Northern in 1971 to: Mississippi River 1974	BNA 1	Remodeled in 1976 and 1982
CB&Q	Business Car	The Round-Up	The Round-Up	Sold to: CN Rail in 1972
GN	Air Brake Instruction Car	B1	B1
GN	Rules Instruction Car	X-7853	B2	Redesignated a business car and changed	BNA 12	Remodeled in 1989
				to: Deschutes River (briefly numbered 1085), in 1974
SP&S	Instruction/examination car	111	B3
GN	Safety Instruction car	B4	B4
GN	Rules Instruction Car	B5	B5
GN	Business Car	A5	B6	Rebuilt as Compass training car in 1971
GN	Business Car	A6	B7	Rebuilt as Compass training car in 1971
NP	Baggage car	250	B8	Rebuilt as Fire Prevention Instruction car in 1971
NP	Dynamometer car	276	979100	968085 in 1973 to: B10 in 1974
NP		Yakima River	Missouri River		BNA 6	Remodeled in 1982

Other BN passenger cars

	baggage car	7025
	coach		1115	968078	Stevens Pass
	coach		1116	968079	Logan Pass
	dining car	1154		Lake Michigan		BNA 22
NP	10 roomette-6 double bedroom sleeper	364		Stampede Pass		BNA 23	Remodeled in 1982
	6 roomette-5 double bedroom-2 compartment sleeper		1371	Pinkerton Pass		BNA 20	Renamed Big Horn Pass
	8 duplex roomette-2 double bedroom-buffet-lounge car		1198	St. Croix River
NP	8 duplex roomette-6 roomette-4 double bedroom sleeper	371	371	Rogers Pass
	6 roomette-5 double bedroom-2 compartment sleeper		1375	Jefferson Pass		BNA 21
	Observsation-lounge car	1293	1293	Cathedral Mountian
GN	6 roomette-5 double bedroom-2 compartment sleeper	1379	1379	Big Horn Pass
NP	Baggage car	216	216

The BN inherited passenger and business cars from the 1970 merger.
This list covers the fleet from 1970 to 1975.

Source: F. Hol Wagner “Burlington Northern 1975-76 Annual” Motive Power Services,
Denver, Co. pp.
27-51 Copyright 1976 (Out of Print)