This 100 ton PS-2 three bay covered hopper, painted green, with white logos and lettering was built by Pullman Standard as part of lot 9532 in March 1971 and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. The Burlington Northern was created on March 2, 1970, by the merger of four primary railroads: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle.