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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard You know, this and all the other "I hate the new paint" threads crack me up... Lets see if I got this right... ATSF managed to position itself , then merge with BN, which itself was created out of mulitple mergers... Now, after having taken a lot of smaller, not the most profitable properties, and turning them into one of the most efficent and profitable Class1 railroads in the US, you guys are all upset because they decided to to step away from the old, and try on a newer image? How in the world do you think they managed to to become one of the best? These things are tools...they move trains. The train behind the locomotive is what counts, that pays the rent! You want to follow the money? Follow the BNSF arrow! Look which direction its pointing. End of a era? You guys are lucky, you get to watch the beginning of a new one! Ed [/quote] Ed, and everyone. That's a great statement. We're watching the evolution of the industry. If it were the '70s, they'd have called it "B Co." If it were the '80s, they would have called it "B-Tech." So we're lucky it's the here and now and they call it exactly what it is, BNSF Railway. they kept a good paint scheme, and up-dated their image. They're keeping step in a still classy/classic style. In the '60s us kids heard all the old timers complain that the end of steam was the end of railroading. When the North Shore Line went I thought it was an end to an era. When The Erie and the Lackawanna merged we all held our breath. "What's next?" we wondered. Then the Norfolk and Western gobbled up the Wabash and the Nickel Plate. We thought that was an unusual circumstance. Rumbling in the backround was the rumor of The Pennsy merging with the NYC. We thought it wouldn't happen. Would they paint the 20th Century Limited tuscan, or would the Broadway become grey, we wondered. The need of the Santa Fe war-bonnet scheme actually ended when the Super Chief ran its last privately sponsored miles. I loved it on the freight power when Santa Fe was still on its own. But it's over. Just like peivately run passenger trains. It's not the end of an era, but the conclusion of a chapter. the pages keep turning. We have the option of retaining the information on these pages and using that information at a later date. Remember...they kept the "SF" in BNSF. They could just have easily become silly and rename the thing "B-Train" with all the goofy ad lines that would have followed. The paint scheme is certainly better than what "SP-SF" had cooked up. Q. "What does "SP-SF" stand for?" A. " Shouldn't have Painted So Fast." Mitch
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