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BNSF Special Painted Engines

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Posted by rdamon on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 4:29 PM

They could go with all the BRK holdings ... that would get busy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Berkshire_Hathaway

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Posted by rdamon on Monday, September 14, 2020 2:29 PM

Seeing more photos show up on railpictures.

Looks like all the decal-bonnets are identical.

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Posted by chicagorails on Thursday, September 17, 2020 8:25 AM
How much to paint one reg co colors?
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Posted by chicagorails on Thursday, September 17, 2020 8:26 AM
How much to paint in her to colors?
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Posted by caldreamer on Thursday, September 17, 2020 1:55 PM

You only need one engine painted in each of the ten predessor railroads.

BN, BN sublettered FWD, BN sublettered, C&S, TP&W, ATN, CB&Q, SP&S, GN, NP and ATSF.

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, September 17, 2020 8:09 PM

chicagorails
How much to paint one reg co colors?

A paint job for a locomotive is in the $20K-40K range.  It takes quite a few gallons for each engine.

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Posted by chicagorails on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 5:35 AM
And I thought 2grand was a lot to pay to paint my 1976 sedan DeVille cadillac
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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 9:02 AM

chicagorails
And I thought 2grand was a lot to pay to paint my 1976 sedan DeVille cadillac

Was watching a aircraft site - painting a commercial aircraft is between $100K & $200K or more - depending how fancy and artistic the owner wants the plane to be.

A friend has a 30 foot race car trailer that he had repainted about 15 years ago - $3500 for a two tone white on top and yellow on the bottom - straight line separation.

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