CSSHEGEWISCHI will say that warbonnet colors of red and silver only looked good on the point of a passenger train
I think it is a case of what you grew up with. I am old enough to have had either three or four toy engines painted in the war bonnet scheme. I hadn't really given it much thought over the years. Then a couple of years back in answer to a question posed on the forum someone posted a YouTube video of GP60M's in war bonnet colours running in open country somewhere in California. Man, did I like that. I then clicked on several more related video's.
Seeing that paint job on what were then new at the time, I suppose, engine's really made my day. Going fast on freight's or passenger trains that paint job looked good.
Bruce
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CSSHEGEWISCHAgentKid STEVELIF WARREN BUFFETT HAS A SPINE HE WILL ORDER BNSF TO REPAINT EVERY ENGINE IN RED WARBONNET Amen. TESTIFY Brother! Bruce Don't hold your breath. At the risk of having my head handed to me, I will say that warbonnet colors of red and silver only looked good on the point of a passenger train. They look completely out of place in freight service. I photographed a BNSF GP60M in Heritage colors in pulldown duty at Barstow several months ago, warbonnet colors in this duty would not fit.
AgentKid STEVELIF WARREN BUFFETT HAS A SPINE HE WILL ORDER BNSF TO REPAINT EVERY ENGINE IN RED WARBONNET Amen. TESTIFY Brother! Bruce
STEVELIF WARREN BUFFETT HAS A SPINE HE WILL ORDER BNSF TO REPAINT EVERY ENGINE IN RED WARBONNET
Amen. TESTIFY Brother!
Don't hold your breath. At the risk of having my head handed to me, I will say that warbonnet colors of red and silver only looked good on the point of a passenger train. They look completely out of place in freight service. I photographed a BNSF GP60M in Heritage colors in pulldown duty at Barstow several months ago, warbonnet colors in this duty would not fit.
James
IF WARREN BUFFETT HAS A SPINE HE WILL ORDER BNSF TO REPAINT EVERY ENGINE IN RED WARBONNET
Holy crap!!! Thats awesome! Looks darn near mint!
There seem to be a number of these GP60's on some grain trains through here, I know there are several that seem to operate around the Wellington, Ks. Yard and some look pretty good and some don't! But some still are painted up with Santa Fe on the hood, and some are also carrying the BNSF under the cab numbers. Saw a pair on a recent Business Train move that seemed to be really clean and still in their original livery! Way Cool!
henry6 It just needs the black outline on BNSF and it would be perfect!
It just needs the black outline on BNSF and it would be perfect!
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I'm amazed this GP60M still looks good and retains a clean red-silver warbonnet. I wish most of the warbonnet Santa Fe GEs looked this good.
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