Can't remember where i found the website. A friend in Wyoming sent me some videos or trains moving coal loads. Some of the locos were black top and bottom with a tan strip down the ,iddle with black BNSF logo painted in the tan middle. I've never seen these painted like this. Anyone anything about these? Thanks, railnut49
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/615889/ Is this it? The scheme was originally used by the BN just prior to the merger. It was only applied to new SD70MACs (Some of these were delivered after the merge in this scheme with BNSF lettering, others were patched.) and a few F and E units used for business trains. Hence it some times being call the Executive paint scheme. It's also known as Grinstein green after the President of railroad. (The dark parts are dark green not black, but depending on the media could easily appear black.)
Dear K-59 those are the ones i had questions about. In the videos i have i had no idea it was green, not black. Is the lettering green also? Thank you so much for explaining this paint scheme. Brian
Yes the letters would also be green. Also the engine in the video would have been one of the ones I mentioned that was delivered new to BNSF. You can see the difference in this photo: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/134180/ The lead engine was delivered new to BNSF and has that writen in large letters on the hood. The trailing engines were delivered to BN and have large road numbers on the long hood. The BN logos on the nose and cab would later be patched in a variety of ways.
I seem to recall the BN cream and green locos also being nicknamed Eddie Bauer's for a while there too. Not exactly sure how or why that came about though.
Thanks guys, sure appreciateall the info on these. Fun to learn about them. The pictures i really aporeciate. Railnut49. Brian