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Great Northern 400, nicknamed Hustle Muscle, is a restored SD45 diesel locomotive originally owned by the Great Northern. It was built in 1966 as the first production SD45 made by Electro-Motive Division. ==History== GN 400 was the first of eight SD45s (numbered 400-407) delivered to the Great Northern from May 1966 to June of 1967. GN 400 was the first SD45 ever produced by EMD, and Great Northern christened it with its nickname, Hustle Muscle. All eight SD45s wore Great Northern's simplified orange and green paint scheme, but only 400 wore the nickname. In total, Great Northern owned 27 SD45s built from 1966 through 1968. In 1970, the GN became part of the Burlington Northern. The locomotive was renumbered to 6430, but through 1972 it still wore it's GN paint, with the GN logos removed. In 1973, the locomotive underwent a massive "class-one overhaul", and was painted into BN's cascade green scheme. At the request of railfans, BN kept its nickname painted on both sides of its long hood. The BN retired 6430 in 1986, and donated the locomotive to the Great Northern Railway Historical Society. In 1989, the locomotive was repainted back into its original GN appearance and renumbered back to 400 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, but there was some controversy over its restored appearance, including the misplaced and off-centered " Hustle Muscle " nickname. The locomotive was then kept in Duluth, Minnesota until the early 2000s when it was moved to the former Great Northern Jackson Street Roundhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which houses the Minnesota Transportation Museum. In 2006, the 400 was repainted again, this time accurately with the "Hustle Muscle" nickname in its correct location. The second repaint was completed in Horicon, Wisconsin using original EMD and GN diagrams of the locomotive. Since then it has been displayed in a stall of the Jackson Street Roundhouse, 400's original home. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Northern 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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