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Owner: Burlington Northern
Model:Alco RS3Built As:SPS 71 (RS3)
Serial Number:79594Order No:20752
Frame Number:prime mover # 12786Built:1/1952
Notes:blt 1/52 as SP&S 71 ret 4/80
Other locos with this serial:  BN 4056(RS3) CVSR 4056(RS3) CVL 4056(RS3)
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BN 4067 South
Title:  BN 4067 South
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1972  Upload Date: 6/6/2006 12:36:10 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4067(RS3) BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  1839   Comments: 4
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  Built Jan 1952 as SPS 71. retired by BN in April 1980. Sold to the CVSR and scrapped by them in the 1990's Exact date and location are unknown.
Photo Date:  12/31/1972  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 11:44:41 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Al Chione
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  New as SPS 71. After retirement from Bn, it passed to the CVL. Scrapped by them in the early 90's.
Photo Date:  12/31/1973  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 11:45:08 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Al Chione
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
BN #4056
Title:  BN #4056
Description:  BN RS3 still in SP&S paint. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  8/11/1974  Upload Date: 8/4/2017 9:10:32 PM
Location:  Wishram, WA
Author:  Wesley L. "Wes" Hammond/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
BN #4065, #4056 & #4064
Title:  BN #4065, #4056 & #4064
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/25/2019 9:24:06 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Bob Gottier
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4065(RS3) BN 4056(RS3) BN 4064(RS3)
Views:  325   Comments: 1
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  BN 4056
Photo Date:  7/16/1976  Upload Date: 2/19/2019 6:35:46 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1977  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 10:01:02 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
BN 4056 Later CVL 4056
Title:  BN 4056 Later CVL 4056
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 3/28/2012 8:46:38 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3) BN 4068(RS3)
Views:  1725   Comments: 6
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  BN 4056 trundles through the yard in the mid-day
Photo Date:  3/22/1979  Upload Date: 9/23/2022 8:11:46 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Glenn Newman
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3) BN 4010(C415)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
BN 4361
Title:  BN 4361
Description:  BN 4361
Photo Date:  8/14/1980  Upload Date: 3/24/2018 7:29:02 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4361(C636) BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  357   Comments: 1
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  BN 4056
Photo Date:  8/14/1980  Upload Date: 3/24/2018 7:29:18 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3) BN 4197(RS11)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  BN 4056 and all the retired ALCO's sit awaiting disposition at Portland Or.
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 11/11/2009 1:49:35 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  865   Comments: 3
BN 4056
Title:  BN 4056
Description:  BN 4056 is covered with ash and only days await from leaving the roster before the end of the month.
Photo Date:  8/17/1980  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 8:14:56 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  647   Comments: 0
BN RS-3 4056
Title:  BN RS-3 4056
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad class ARS-3 4056 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in January 1952 as SP&S 71 (c/n 79594), retired in April 1980. Alco's internal model designation was E1662, Alco's marketing people called it RS-3, and BN stenciled the frame ARS-3. A comment from S. L. Dixon offers the following: That white stuff all over the walkways and the top is Mount Saint Helen's ash, which blew on May 18, 1980, and Vancouver Washington, and Portland, Oregon, got hit with some serious ashfall.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/14/2008 2:23:29 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  1320   Comments: 0
BN RS3 4056
Title:  BN RS3 4056
Description:  The shady side of Burlington Northern Railroad class ARS3 4956 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/2/2014 11:13:36 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
BN RS-3 4056
Title:  BN RS-3 4056
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad class ARS-3 4056 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in January 1952 as Spokane Portland & Seattle 71 (c/n 79594), it became BN 4056 and was retired in April 1980.

This locomotive shows evidence of a water-cooled turbocharger. Beginning in 1953, the trouble prone GE RD-1 air-cooled turbocharger (which GE developed during WWII for P38 aircraft) was replaced by a water-cooled GE RD-3 turbocharger, and in 1954 by Alco's own design, the Model 510. The water-cooled turbocharger was mounted with the cylindrical casing facing the free end of the prime mover. The RD-1 was mounted oriented lengthwise. The external difference was in the exhaust stack. The air cooled turbo stack was oriented lengthwise to the hood, the water-cooled turbo stack was mounted crosswise to the hood, as seen here. Many RS3's were retrofitted with the water cooled turbocharger during their operational lives.

The white powder on the roof and running boards is ash from the Mount Saint Helen's eruption. This locomotive was retired in Washington and happened to be in the neighborhood during the eruption, then was shipped east dead for final disposition.

Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/9/2008 7:55:27 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  1646   Comments: 5
BN RS-3 4056
Title:  BN RS-3 4056
Description:  Burlington Northern Railroad class ARS-3 4056 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in January 1952 as Spokane Portland & Seattle RS3 71 (c/n 79594), it became BN ARS-3 4056 and was retired in April 1980. A question came up about the box-like enclosure on the roof over the radiator fan. I have no explanation and would appreciate a comment from someone who has more knowledge about this.
Photo Date:  9/2/1980  Upload Date: 8/13/2008 9:29:57 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  993   Comments: 1
BN RS3 4056
Title:  BN RS3 4056
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/17/1981  Upload Date: 1/16/2010 10:40:37 AM
Location:  Hegewisch, IL
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4056(RS3)
Views:  644   Comments: 2


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