The EMD F45 is a C-C cowled diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1968 and 1971.
Morrison-Knudsen used the cowls from several scrapped BN F45s to rebuild eleven GP40s into GP40FH-2 locomotives for New Jersey Transit.
[1] It has been converted to a Luxury Locomotive Lodge at the Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana.
The interior can sleep up to four people and includes a living room, kitchen, master bedroom and bath.
The cab has been restored to the current BNSF Railway specification for new and re-manufactured locomotives.
Dynamic Railway Preservation was raising money to acquire and restore Montana Rail Link F45 #390, formerly Burlington Northern #6644.
The project ended in 2014 when the locomotive was eventually sold to another private owner, and the money that was raised was used to restore SDP40F #644.
[2] It currently remains stored in a rail yard in Airway Heights, Washington.