Yes, it made me want to HURL! But I've come up with a better paint scheam! Bonnet: Orange Body: Green Bonnet out-line: ATSF pinstripe yellow Body Lettering: BNSF (yellow) Nose Herald: Yellow with BNSF lettering in black It's basically the same colors as the H-II, but using the Warbonnet design. I'm thinking of doing one in N-Scale on a SD60M. ------------------ RAILROADING-TO-THE-MAX, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Style! Brent Tidaback
Good idea Brent, post the resulting photo. ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com http://eurogallery.homestead.com
If you ask me, you cannot get any uglier than the "Heritage" series. Heritage? what are we celebrating the heritage of? A bowl of Candy Corn would be my best guess. Oh well, pardon me for being bitter, I grew up watching the ATSF schemes, and don't think that BN would ever be able to compare anything to a real warbonnet with SANTA FE on the flanks.
Well, Pugsley, welcome to Trainboard, even if you are saying derogatory things about my favourite road ! Aw c'mon, you may grow to like BNSF one day, I too love the Santa Fe, but things inevitably move on ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com http://eurogallery.homestead.com [This message has been edited by Alan (edited 18 April 2000).] [This message has been edited by Alan (edited 18 April 2000).]
Does anyone have a count on how many liveries are currently in use on BNSF? As an easterner I don't see how anyone can complain about BNSF paint schemes, they all look good to me. After spending three days in the Crawford, NE area last June I highly recommend that any eastern photographer looking for sparkling color and variety head West. It certainly beats anything we have here.
Thanks for the comments Johnny, welcome to Trainboard! Western roads do certainly have the colour, now is the time to have a look, before too much repainting is done ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com http://eurogallery.homestead.com
I first became aware of the term "Railfan" when I joined a model railroad club in the early 80s. Most of the members were moaning the dissapearance of the GN, NP & CB&Q. I no longer belong to that club, but the members are still lamenting the loss of the GN, NP & CB&Q. In the meantime I have enjoyed: Cascade Green, Tiger Stripes, Paleface, Desert Storm, Grinstein Green, Warbonnets, Bluebonnets, Double Stacks, Fuel Tenders, DF40-2s, 200+ car Coal Trains dubbed "Supertrains", Heritage I and Heritage II (I feel it does include the influences of its Heritage roads [GN, NP, AT&SF]). Have you ever stood next to an SD70MAC in HII? Pretty impressive! In the next 5-10 years we could be down to two major railroads in North America, the UP and whatever the BNSF/CN becomes. HI and HII will be disappearing too. Take your BN and AT&SF photos now and enjoy the past, but embrace the present because the future is as close as the next mega-merger! [This message has been edited by DakotaFan (edited 19 April 2000).]
Well said, Dakotafan. The present is all too fleeting, so get the pictures of everything NOW as what is commonplace now may soon be history, and we will be moaning about the disappearance of now-common paint schaemes. By the way, before I became interested in American railroads, and the term 'Railfan', we in England were called 'Trainspotters' - a sort of derogatory term! I will stick with 'railfan' ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com http://eurogallery.homestead.com
As a Frisco fan, if it ain't Mandarin orange & white, it ain't worth shooting ( ) Seriously, of all the BNSF colors out there, I like the Heritage 1 colors, as they remind me of the Great Northern (can't remember who was slamming this scheme, but that fellow obviously hasn't seen color photos of GN power- they're neat!). The Heritage 2 looks like a pimpwagon to me. And even tough I do like the "Fleet" colors (warbonnet on the so- called SUperfleet), when they weather, they're ragged. RIP Warbonnet.... I get to see just about all the BNSF schemes on the trackage rights trains thru Grand Junction, and on one occasion even saw a simon-pure BN Caascade Green SD40-2 power consist. My 2 cents' worth..... ------------------ Ship IT on the Frisco! Bob T.
H1, H2 or C-green, as long as it's NOT LRC, GATX, EMD. The newer the paint, usually the unit is clean and everything works. The ATSF war bonnet -8's look ratty (also inside). Only problem with a "pumpkin" repaint SD40 is the door seals are brittle. Makes for "very" cold rides in winter.
Well, for my money, Cascade Green beats them all. It didn't fade much, and was easy to spot. The HII is really growing on me, but I have noticed that the orange is fading fast on some of the units. I saw three brand new Dash 9-44CW's head west out of Fargo yesterday. 4699, 5499, and 4698. It seems that the newest ones are being numbered down from 5499. Reminiscent of the B32-8 demonstraters from the 80's [This message has been edited by BN4EVR (edited 18 May 2000).]
Welcome to the Boards BN4EVR. It was my understanding that the reason BN put the stripes on the nose of the Jolly Green Giants was to keep the engines from hiding in the brush. It's kind of hard to hide Red, Yellow, Sliver and Black. It's also hard to hide Bright Orange. ------------------ RAILROADING-TO-THE-MAX, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Style! Brent Tidaback, Member #234
Actually I believe it was the competetive roads that forced the BN to become more visible. They were afraid of a BN ambush!!!
Thank God Armour Yellow shows up so well! If it didn't, we'd all be speaking UPiees! DOWN WITH THE BORGE! ------------------ RAILROADING-TO-THE-MAX, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Style! Brent Tidaback, Member #234
Does anyone remember the "yellow bonnet" used on ATSF F-units, it was awesome. To bad they can't come up with something close to that. How about- orange bonnet, yellow stripe (between bonnet and hood color) silver hood, green lettering? did I make anybody hurl? ------------------ espee2 Home: www.tunnel13.com layout: SP's Newberg Branch in N scale
Vommit Bonnet Part Two? <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by espee2: Does anyone remember the "yellow bonnet" used on ATSF F-units, it was awesome. To bad they can't come up with something close to that. How about- orange bonnet, yellow stripe (between bonnet and hood color) silver hood, green lettering? did I make anybody hurl? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I had thought of a Cascade Green and Silver warbonnet-type paint scheme. Picture if you will a red/silver warbonnet. Now substitute green for the silver part, and silver for the red part. Some nifty white striping on the nose emblem, and voila! A mean, green, pulling machine!!! ------------------
I too would to see a cascade green loco.....but this just sounds painful <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BN4EVR: I had thought of a Cascade Green and Silver warbonnet-type paint scheme. Picture if you will a red/silver warbonnet. Now substitute green for the silver part, and silver for the red part. Some nifty white striping on the nose emblem, and voila! A mean, green, pulling machine!!! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
