This was a unique paint scheme.
It was done by the shop building the engine with out the knowlege of the new corporate office as a commemoration of the 2 roads. The BN just adopted the new cream and green scheme and the Santa fe was still using the silver and red warbonnet scheme. The shop used Santa Fe's pattern with BN colors. The shop was told not to paint any more engines in this scheme as a new scheme would be comming out soon for any new engine rolling out of the shops.
The vomit bonnet moniker came around when the engines aged a little and the green started to bleed down into cream leaving streaks of an ugly pinkish green that looked like puke running down the side of the engines.
Massey
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I don't think they changed the engines on the E9M, but I think they changed the units over from steam heating to being able to provide 480v head-end power (HEP). One external detail is that the Metra/BN E9Ms have a pair of side-by-side fans where there would normally be a single fan for dynamic brakes.
Do a Google image search for BN3, you will find several photos available.
Usually, the M in a locomotive model designates the unit as "modified." For example, the Eire Lackawanna-Conrail RS-3Ms were upgraded EL RS-3 carbodies and frames with EMD prime movers. There were also the SW900Ms and various others that had modifications to them to the extent of a new locomotive class. I hope this helps a little.
B30
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Ladder1 Illinois Railroad Museum has BN 1,2&3. BN 3 is a E-9M
Illinois Railroad Museum has BN 1,2&3. BN 3 is a E-9M
Thanks Ladder1. Can you tell me what the letter "M" designates?
Vic
Modelling the span between the real and the N-sane...
Thanks for the info Binder001. Since there was an actual E8/9 painted in executive colors I guess I can run one on my layout without it being too un-prototypical.
As for the moniker "vomit bonnet", LOL. I can't decide if I like the scheme because it's unique, or hate it because it goes against everything I love about ATSF colors.
F9s BN1 & BN2 were painted in the "Executive colors", there was also a plan to add an ex-Metra E8/9 as BN3. It got the new paint job, but I don't recall if it saw service.
The BN unit withthe ATSF "swirl" is jokingly referred to as the "vomit bonnet" on the former BN areas. I am not aware that the effort was ever repeated, the BNSF went to the various "pumpkin orange" schemes instead.
Hi folks. Just out of curiosity, were any E units painted in the Burlington Northern executive scheme? I know that there was an F9A/B set that wore those colors, however, I've seen model E9s painted the same way and I strongly suspect that that is a fantasy scheme.
Also, I once caught a glimpse of an actual SD70MAC decked out in a Santa Fe type war bonnet using the BN executive colors (lettered for BNSF). Was any other motive power ever painted this way?
Thanks for any info.