| Originally built by the Great Northern Railway at their St. Cloud, MN shops in October 1951, it was numbered X-293 and received a red color scheme." "In the late 1960s it was repainted Big Sky Blue. At the time of the merger, it became Burlington Northern 11318 in February 1972, and was painted Burlington Northern Green. Thereafter, it was sold to Weyerhaeuser in June of 1979." The details of the transfer from Weyerhaeuser to Columbia and Cowlitz are not known. |