I just heard that BNSF 9647, the SD70MAC that was delivered in 1995 and painted in a one-of-a-kind green and cream warbonnet with "Burlington Northern Santa Fe" spelled out on the long hood, has been repainted into BNSF's standard orange paint.
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So the vomit bonnet paint scheme is now history.
Lyon_Wonder I just heard that BNSF 9647, the SD70MAC that was delivered in 1995 and painted in a one-of-a-kind green and cream warbonnet with "Burlington Northern Santa Fe" spelled out on the long hood, has been repainted into BNSF's standard orange paint. https://s3.amazonaws.com/HeritageUnits/Images/1318.jpg So the vomit bonnet paint scheme is now history.
Rgds IGN
narig01 Lyon_Wonder I just heard that BNSF 9647, the SD70MAC that was delivered in 1995 and painted in a one-of-a-kind green and cream warbonnet with "Burlington Northern Santa Fe" spelled out on the long hood, has been repainted into BNSF's standard orange paint. https://s3.amazonaws.com/HeritageUnits/Images/1318.jpg So the vomit bonnet paint scheme is now history. "vomit bonnet" It didn't have a politer nickname? I remember the blue and yellow "Freight Bonnet" or the shouldn't paint so fast kodachrome. Rgds IGN
The vomit bonnet never deserved a better name.
eagle1030 narig01 Lyon_Wonder I just heard that BNSF 9647, the SD70MAC that was delivered in 1995 and painted in a one-of-a-kind green and cream warbonnet with "Burlington Northern Santa Fe" spelled out on the long hood, has been repainted into BNSF's standard orange paint. https://s3.amazonaws.com/HeritageUnits/Images/1318.jpg So the vomit bonnet paint scheme is now history. "vomit bonnet" It didn't have a politer nickname? I remember the blue and yellow "Freight Bonnet" or the shouldn't paint so fast kodachrome. Rgds IGN The vomit bonnet never deserved a better name.
..mainly because it made people vomit...
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Action shots of 9647 I took on a northbound south of St. Joseph, Mo.
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Trailing locomotives:
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! i love thje BNSF SWOOSH paint scheme but the Vomit Bonnet was a great engine HOW COULD THEY. Btw i still love BNSF.
I think that the Green and Cream Bonnet, looked Better than ANY of the green/orange "Heritage" schemes.
Too Me, the classic BN Cascade Green and Black, was the BEST looking scheme they ever had, I did prefer them without the white cab faces though.
Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
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