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By:Mark Davies
Dates:1/1/1970 - 12/31/1995
Album Info:Locomotives operated by BN including some in previous operator's colour schemes which had received their BN numbers.
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BN 4118
Title:  BN 4118
Description:  Another FA1 that made it into the BN era was 4118, new as GN 442D, became SPS 865A-1 then 4118. Date is approximate
Photo Date:  1/1/1981  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 3:12:20 PM
Location:  Vancouver, WA
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
BN 790
Title:  BN 790
Description:  An A-B-B-GP30 lash up at Minnesota in early 1981 BN 790 was NP 7008A renyumbered to NP 6706A, Then BN 9824 and finally BN 790. BN 769 became a Snowplogh unit. BN 781 was originally NP 7014C, then BN 6707B. At the merger, it became firstly BN 9815 then 781. After retirement by BN, it passed to Orrville Heritage Railway before getting sold to Ohio Central as OHCR 1004. Then acquired by Aberdeen, Carolina & Western as ACWR 1004. BN 2030 was new to Great Northern as GN 2030 becoming BN 2030 andcwas retired in September 1993.
Photo Date:  1/11/1981  Upload Date: 8/12/2024 9:15:49 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Jim Shepard
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
BN 4364
Title:  BN 4364
Description:  SPS 334, an Alco C636 became BN 4364. New in December 1967, it had been put out to grass at Silvis, IL by 1983 and was probably broken up there.
Photo Date:  1/23/1981  Upload Date: 1/30/2024 6:05:02 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  J Reinschmidt
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Locomotives:  BN 4364(C636)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
BN 8134
Title:  BN 8134
Description:  Became FURX 8234 after retirement by BN. No exact date or location, but early 1981.
Photo Date:  1/31/1981  Upload Date: 4/30/2024 9:21:31 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 8134(SD40-2)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
BN 6045
Title:  BN 6045
Description:  SD7 6045 was new as CBQ 322 and was retired as BN 6045 in August 1983.
Photo Date:  3/8/1981  Upload Date: 8/15/2024 3:45:27 PM
Location:  St. Louis, MO
Author:  Michael A Wise
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Views:  5   Comments: 0
BN 2067
Title:  BN 2067
Description:  BN 2067, a GP20, started life as CBQ 931. Sold to the D and I Railroad (DAIR) as #20. remaining on their roster for 30 years. BN 2326 started out with Frisco as a GP38-2 471. Became BNSF 2326 and remains on the roster in 2023.
Photo Date:  3/14/1981  Upload Date: 11/24/2023 9:35:19 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  Hugh Blaney
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Locomotives:  BN 2067(GP20) BN 2326(GP38-2)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
BN 832
Title:  BN 832
Description:  New to Northern Pacific as #7009A, BN 832 lasted from mid-1955 until 1982 efore being retired from the BN roster.
Photo Date:  3/16/1981  Upload Date: 10/27/2023 4:28:33 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  John Szwajkart
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Locomotives:  BN 832(F9A)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
BN 7113
Title:  BN 7113
Description:  Trio of SD40-2 rushing through the Montana snow. BN 7113 became CEFX 3182 then ILSX 1302. BN 7017 nd 7004 became BNSF locos with the same numbers and were retired as such.
Photo Date:  3/21/1981  Upload Date: 3/9/2024 4:43:22 PM
Location:  Elliston, MT
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 7113(SD40-2) BN 7017(SD40-2) BN 7004(SD40-2)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
BN 6618
Title:  BN 6618
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/22/1981  Upload Date: 3/25/2024 6:27:23 PM
Location:  Auburn, WA
Author:  J.M.Seidl
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Locomotives:  BN 6618(F45)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
BN 8176
Title:  BN 8176
Description:  SD40-2, BN 8176 leads 5 more units at the head of this mixed manifest, East of Big Timber in Montana. After retirement BN 8176 joined Helm Leasing.
Photo Date:  3/28/1981  Upload Date: 3/9/2024 4:43:52 PM
Location:  Big Timber, MT
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 8176(SD40-2)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
BN 2346
Title:  BN 2346
Description:  Both locos new to Frisco as its 676 and 441 respectively. GP38-2s. Seen at Cicero IL in March 1981 Date is approximate
Photo Date:  3/31/1981  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 1:25:09 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Malcolm Cunningham
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Locomotives:  BN 2346(GP38-2) BN 2296(GP38-2)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
BN 1590
Title:  BN 1590
Description:  BN 53 was Frisco 348. BN 1590 was new as CBQ 234
Photo Date:  4/23/1981  Upload Date: 10/1/2024 12:49:16 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  J Harlan Wilson
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Locomotives:  BN 53(SW1500) BN 1590(GP7)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
BN 5097
Title:  BN 5097
Description:  BN 5097 wemt to Brazil after retirement by way of TLIX to become FNB 9256. BN 7119 became BNSF 7119 then CEFX 7119 and then CITX 3032/ BN 5533 passed to ATEL Leasing as ATGX 5533.
Photo Date:  4/30/1981  Upload Date: 8/13/2024 4:22:50 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  32   Comments: 0
BN 2737
Title:  BN 2737
Description:  GP 39-2 new to BN and still operated by BNSF, same number.
Photo Date:  5/9/1981  Upload Date: 2/25/2024 2:14:58 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Kenneth M. Ardinger
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Views:  41   Comments: 0
BN 6188
Title:  BN 6188
Description:  New as CBQ 441 and retired as BN 6188 in January 1987.
Photo Date:  5/16/1981  Upload Date: 8/15/2024 3:46:26 PM
Location:  Clinton, IA
Author:  Ron Keller
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Views:  24   Comments: 0
BN 9905
Title:  BN 9905
Description:  Seen leaving Union Station to join the BN racetrack towards Aurora IL BN 9905 was new to CBQ as E8A 9967, then passed to BN as the railroads merged. Rebuilt as an E9AM by Morrison Knudsen. Taking the number 9905. Later sold to MARC as its 65. Date is approximate and photographer is Unknown.
Photo Date:  5/20/1981  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 10:39:55 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 9905(E9AM)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
BN 556
Title:  BN 556
Description:  New as CBQ 9405a, an NW2, was new in February 1949. Served BN until May 1983. Passed to Sheffield Steel Corporation, POC 100 Port of Catoosa then LLRX s $132
Photo Date:  5/26/1981  Upload Date: 1/12/2024 4:28:15 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 556(NW2)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
BN 1973
Title:  BN 1973
Description:  Former CBQ 288 (1973) and CBQ 245 (1601). A GP9 and GP7 respectively.
Photo Date:  5/31/1981  Upload Date: 1/10/2024 1:38:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 1973(GP9) BN 1601(GP7)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
BN 3100
Title:  BN 3100
Description:  The only GP50 delivered in SLSF, orange and white of the ten ordered by the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway. 3101-3109 came in Cascade Green.
Photo Date:  5/31/1981  Upload Date: 3/31/2024 6:56:43 PM
Location:  Memphis, TN
Author:  Lon Coone
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Locomotives:  BN 3100(GP50)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
BN 5576
Title:  BN 5576
Description:  BN 5576 was sold to Brazil as FNB 9292 via NREX. BN 5006 similarly became FNB 9394. BN 5907 was new as BN 5360 before getting renumbered .
Photo Date:  7/3/1981  Upload Date: 4/30/2024 9:10:46 PM
Location:  Chilwood, TX
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 5576(C30-7) BN 5006(C30-7) BN 5907(U30C)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
BN 752
Title:  BN 752
Description:  New as NP 6019A, BN 752 operated for Cadillac & Lake City and Colorado & Eastern after retirement from BN,
Photo Date:  7/25/1981  Upload Date: 10/1/2024 12:47:45 PM
Location:  Auburn, WA
Author:  Dean Motis
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Locomotives:  BN 752(F7A)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
BN 8012
Title:  BN 8012
Description:  BN 8012 became BNSF 8012 and later BNSF 1663.
Photo Date:  7/26/1981  Upload Date: 4/28/2024 4:47:51 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
BN 8027
Title:  BN 8027
Description:  BN 8027 became BNSF 8027 and is now retired.
Photo Date:  7/26/1981  Upload Date: 4/28/2024 4:48:04 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 8027(SD40-2)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
BN 6117
Title:  BN 6117
Description:  No exact date or location known.New to Great Northern as GN 590, BN 6117 became BNSF 6117 and later BNSF 1744 before retirement. Last recorded at NREX, Silvis, IL.
Photo Date:  7/31/1981  Upload Date: 5/6/2024 12:43:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
BN 8005
Title:  BN 8005
Description:  No exact date or location for this shot. BN 8005 became BNSF 8005
Photo Date:  7/31/1981  Upload Date: 5/11/2024 9:44:18 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 8005(SD40-2)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
BN 8011
Title:  BN 8011
Description:  BN 8011 and 8017 became bBNSF B8011 and 8017. Later renumbered to make room for new GEVO's as BNSF 1662 and 1668.
Photo Date:  7/31/1981  Upload Date: 4/28/2024 4:47:34 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 8011(SD40-2) BN 8017(SD40-2)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
BN 5208
Title:  BN 5208
Description:  15year careers for this pair of U boats.new to CBQ as CBQ 468 and 463 respectively. Delivered in the BN experimental large white band scheme. Never had CBQ's red and white livery.
Photo Date:  8/7/1981  Upload Date: 6/20/2024 7:13:20 AM
Location:  Sterling, CO
Author:  John C Benson
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Views:  56   Comments: 0
BN 783
Title:  BN 783
Description:  New to Northern Pacific as NP 6708B and later NP 7010B. Became BN 783
Photo Date:  9/4/1981  Upload Date: 8/15/2024 3:40:09 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  John C Benson
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Locomotives:  BN 783(F9B)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
BN 794
Title:  BN 794
Description:  New as EMDX 975, an EMD demonstrator. Joined BN as 9828 and later became BN 794
Photo Date:  9/20/1981  Upload Date: 4/11/2024 9:07:11 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Robert W Weber
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Locomotives:  BN 794(F9A)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
BN 2118
Title:  BN 2118
Description:  Unknown location but a September 81 view. BN 2118 and BN 2336 were both ex-Friso SLSF 641 and 665 respectively.
Photo Date:  9/30/1981  Upload Date: 5/10/2024 10:29:56 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  J David Ingles
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Locomotives:  BN 2118(GP38AC) BN 2336(GP38-2)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
BN 5204
Title:  BN 5204
Description:  Unknown location for this Sept. 1981 shot of BN 5204. New as CBQ 464
Photo Date:  9/30/1981  Upload Date: 3/29/2024 1:36:39 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 5204(U23C)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
BN 2557
Title:  BN 2557
Description:  BN 2557 was new as SLSF 707, becoming BN 2557 then as a GP39E, BN 2937 and BNSF 2937. BN 6691, an SD45, was previously SLSF 943 with Frisco too.
Photo Date:  10/17/1981  Upload Date: 8/15/2024 3:42:27 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Ray Sturges
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
BN 2041
Title:  BN 2041
Description:  Former CBQ 905 became BN 2041. Sold on to GLCX then TCWR before becoming 2001 in the Fleet of the Red River Valley & Western Railroad. Great Northern 2009 kept the same number as BN 2009 until sold to Naparano Iron & Metal in June 1986, presumably for scrap.
Photo Date:  11/7/1981  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 1:30:17 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 2041(GP20) BN 2009(GP20)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
BN 5520
Title:  BN 5520
Description:  Location unknown. BN 5520 sits at an unidentified locomotive facility in Nov 1981. BN 5520 was a C30-7 which went to FNB in Brazil, by way of NREX. It became FNB 9382
Photo Date:  11/30/1981  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 8:45:04 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 5520(C30-7)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
BN 1404
Title:  BN 1404
Description:  New as a GP7, GN 604, it became bn 1504 then was rebuilt as a GP10, BN 1404. Approximate date, location unknown.
Photo Date:  12/31/1981  Upload Date: 4/28/2024 4:45:11 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 1404(GP10)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
BN 1941
Title:  BN 1941
Description:  Northern Pacific GP9, 362 became BN 1941 and passed to Kiamichi Railroad (KRR) in Oklahome after retirement. The date is approximate and location is unknown.
Photo Date:  12/31/1981  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 8:45:06 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 1941(GP9)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
BN 553
Title:  BN 553
Description:  New as CBQ 9403B. Became BN 553. Retired in April 1982
Photo Date:  12/31/1981  Upload Date: 1/10/2024 1:37:31 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 553(NW2)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
BN 6734
Title:  BN 6734
Description:  bn 6734 was sold to Illinois Central as IC 6125. Photo location and exact date are unknown.,
Photo Date:  12/31/1981  Upload Date: 5/12/2024 4:18:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  32   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Sioux Falls Depot.
Photo Date:  12/31/1981  Upload Date: 5/6/2024 12:40:53 PM
Location:  Sioux Falls, SD
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  22   Comments: 0
BN 986
Title:  BN 986
Description:  New to Great Northern as GN 186, this NW5 was built in 1946 Taken in the Winter of 1982.
Photo Date:  2/28/1982  Upload Date: 4/11/2024 9:12:05 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  41   Comments: 0
BN 986
Title:  BN 986
Description:  New to Great Northern as GN 186, this NW5 was built in 1946 Taken in the Winter of 1982.
Photo Date:  2/28/1982  Upload Date: 4/11/2024 9:14:54 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
BN 986
Title:  BN 986
Description:  New to Great Northern as GN 186, this NW5 was built in 1946 Taken in the Winter of 1982.
Photo Date:  2/28/1982  Upload Date: 4/11/2024 9:17:43 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  40   Comments: 0
BN 6394
Title:  BN 6394
Description:  Originally built for passenger work as GN 320, becoming BN 9850 at the formation of BN. Reassigned as BN 6394 for freight work.
Photo Date:  3/31/1982  Upload Date: 4/28/2024 11:17:34 AM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  Don C. Stewart
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Locomotives:  BN 6394(SDP40)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
BN 5217
Title:  BN 5217
Description:  This U25B started life as GE Demonstrator 54. Sold to Frisco as its 815 then absorbed into the BN fleet as 5217
Photo Date:  4/18/1982  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 10:16:57 PM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 5217(U25B)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
BN 7164
Title:  BN 7164
Description:  Became BNSF 7164 then became HLCX 7164.
Photo Date:  4/30/1982  Upload Date: 5/12/2024 4:19:52 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  23   Comments: 0
BN 6804
Title:  BN 6804
Description:  No exact date or location for this shot. Two of the long-term leasers traill BN 6804 in this May 1982 shot. Pity the unknown photographer chopped off the nose of the lead locomotive. BN 6804 was new as BN 6344, and became BNSF 6839 on the BNSF roster. Now it is BNSF 1708.
Photo Date:  5/31/1982  Upload Date: 5/11/2024 9:34:39 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  BN 6804(SD40-2) LMX 8520(B39-8E) LMX 8538(B39-8E)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
BN 6119
Title:  BN 6119
Description:  New as GN 592. BN 6119 became BNSF 6119 then BNSF 1716, renumbered back to BN 1716 before passing to LTEX for scrapping.
Photo Date:  6/20/1982  Upload Date: 3/6/2024 12:40:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Don C Stewart
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
BN 5548
Title:  BN 5548
Description:  Exported to Brazil for a second life with FNB as #9223 after retirement from BN.
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 10/27/2023 4:34:39 PM
Location:  Pueblo, CO
Author:  Michael Reid
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Locomotives:  BN 5548(C30-7)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
BN 682
Title:  BN 682
Description:  New to Great Northern as GN 462D, It became BN 682 and was retired in late 1980. Seen here in the Tacoma deadline some eighteen months after retirement.
Photo Date:  7/10/1982  Upload Date: 6/20/2024 7:10:07 AM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  J.M.Seidl
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
BN 6179
Title:  BN 6179
Description:  New as CBQ 432, becoming BN 6179.
Photo Date:  7/16/1982  Upload Date: 8/12/2024 9:19:05 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  22   Comments: 0


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