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BN B10 - Dynamometer car

This former NP car was used to test the drawbar pull of the NP (and BN) engines, so the railroad could determine tonnage ratings for various engines. In the early seventies, this car was known as 968085, but it was changed in 1974 to the B10. In the late seventies, GE and EMD dispatched their own test cars with their new locomotives and this car was declared surplus and donated to the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation. In 2008, this car was purchased by a private museum in the Twin Cities area and moved to their location.

Car No	Color	Date changed	Location	Formerly	Now
B10	grn/wht	03/01/1970		NP ????	BN 968085
B10	grn/wht	01/01/1974		BN 968085	BN B10
B10	grn/wht	09/01/1990	Duluth	BN B10	retired-Duluth Museum
B10	grn/wht	08/01/2008	private museum

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