lets talk BNSF (BN and Santa Fe too)

[Anonymous]

everyone is starting a topic on their favorite RR so i'll start one. any of you like BNSF, BN ,or Santa Fe. anyone have a BNSF- themed layout

[ac4400fan]

I see that That ,For me thats ok gives us a place to discuss things on our favorate railroads ,Me also model BNSF i love it great start of a thred!

Carl..

[oleirish]

Mine is the S.P. I still think BNSF should have bought the S.P. insted of The UP.Does any one agree with me??BNSF is my second favorite R.R.[^][2c]

JIM

[ac4400fan]

i Do on a seconed note! I wish BNSF bought the C&NW insted of U.P
Carl.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ac4400fan
I wish BNSF bought the C&NW insted of U.P
Carl.

Ain't that the truth. I wouldn't have to go very far just too see the BNSF.

[trainfan1221]

I have some BNSF locos, but I don't model that particular railroad. My model railroads is supposed to connect with them, though.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

great pic matt. i too really wish BNSF bought chicagoNW instead of that stupid UP
i hate union pacific

[route_rock]

I get to play with BNSF motors and cars so I love them too ( thay actually pay me to do this?!?!) We also hate the UP ( I said leave 6 track open you , insert best old head railroad language here, dont you listen???!!!) I really wi***hey hadnt bought the Santa Fe. But they werent making it on intermodal alone so someone had to bail them out! I think SF SP or whatever combo they had would have been an awsome railroad today. Think about Rob Krebs owning the entire West Coast !! UP wouldnt have stood a chance!
C&NW should have been liqudated int he late 60's like the government tried to do.But hey I cant lie thm as I am a Rock Island guy through and through. I may work with GN colored motors but I bleed a mix of blue white red yellow black red maroon ( did I miss a color?) !!

[oleirish]

QUOTE: Originally posted by route_rock

I get to play with BNSF motors and cars so I love them too ( thay actually pay me to do this?!?!) We also hate the UP ( I said leave 6 track open you , insert best old head railroad language here, dont you listen???!!!) I really wi***hey hadnt bought the Santa Fe. But they werent making it on intermodal alone so someone had to bail them out! I think SF SP or whatever combo they had would have been an awsome railroad today. Think about Rob Krebs owning the entire West Coast !! UP wouldnt have stood a chance!
C&NW should have been liqudated int he late 60's like the government tried to do.But hey I cant lie thm as I am a Rock Island guy through and through. I may work with GN colored motors but I bleed a mix of blue white red yellow black red maroon ( did I miss a color?) !!

[bow][bow][tup][tup]Nope I think you got all the colors

Jim

[Anonymous]

BNSF RULES!

[Ibflattop]

Oh man who would want to model the Big Nothing!!!!!!!! Kevin

[Anonymous]

i am glad BN bought Sant Fe i just wi***hey bought Chicago&Nothwestern instead of UP buying C&NW i HATEunion pacific

[Anonymous]

in early May 2006 Athearn will release a RTR SD40-2 with the BNSF powerbar (it will be worth the wait) M.S.R.P. is $79.99 but i suspect it'll sell for $55-60
as i've said a few times i'd be the happiest person alive if Athearn would release a RTR GP38-2 with the powerbar.

[Anonymous]

BNSF is for me!!!!!!
anyway about the athearn units ,they have a heritage 3 loco out now , does anyone know what price they are????? I have 4 katos and 1 p2k in bnsf all heritage 2 / merger scheme , and would love to get a wedgie to go with them!!!!!!![:D]

[Anonymous]

heritage 3 is also called the powerbar like the first picture in my sig --i got the athearn ho scale AC4400 with powerbar for $65 at my LHS they just came out a few weeks ago
BNSF introduced the powerbar in Jan. 2005

[Hawks05]

I almost picked up one of the new "Swoosh" logoed engines as I call them at the last show I was at. I wish either Atlas or P2K would produce one of the engines. I'm not a big fan of Athearn engines really. I really don't like the noise.

One guy had the engine for $62 and another for $65. I ended up finding a guy who did phenominal weathering and detailing on rolling stock so I picked up 3 gondola's from him. I got a lot of ideas from him to which was awesome.

BNSF is my favorite railroad. I love the drive back home along the Mississippi and BNSF double main. It's nice stopping in certain spots and getting some pictures of some great action. Just I didn't have to drive so far from home to see the BNSF. From my house it's a good hour or so drive to get to a place where I can see the BNSF. I'm stuck with UP back home and even that is a rare occurence.

[Anonymous]

what athearn has going for them they have a loco in every BNSF paint scheme warbonnet ,heitage1 ,heritage2, heritage 3 (powerbar) atlas only has her. 2 - athearn has the rtr ac4400 w/ powerbar ,sd40-2 w/ pwrbr coming out in may , they have a few her. 2 lots of her. 1 and a warbonnet (BNSF)

[canazar]

I never reeally planned but Ihave a BNSF themed layout. Got 6 engines all under the BNSF or BN flag. Eventually, I will have my freelanced railroad, the JBX which will hook up with the BNSF.

Best Regards
john k

[Anonymous]

whats your favorite BNSF paint: HERITAGE 1: the stripes at the top & btm are s'posed to be green not black as it appears

HERITAGE 2

Heritage 3 (powerbar)

don't forget the warbonnet sant fe or BNSF the yellow/silver has something to do w/ amtrak

[Anonymous]

i like all 4 bnsf / santa fe paint schemes but my most favorite is the rare? yellow /silver warbonnet from the amtrak era --i've seen plenty of yellow/ blue w-bonnets- my other favorite is the powerbar whats yours?

[canazar]

I migth catch some flak but I like the H3 the best. it is catchy.

[Anonymous]

dingoix. I like All of the BNSF Paint and Logo's. I have Two H1 HO BNSF GP38-2's.
I have 8 BNSF HO H2 Locomotives. And I do want to get my hands on the NEW BNSF H3 Locomotives too. I wish I had the money. I want to get those HO Athearn BNSF H1 C44-9W's. Long live the BNSF RAILWAY. Allan.

[Anonymous]

here are the BNSF loco's i want to get:
Athearn RTR SD40-2 w/ h3 paint (may 2006)x2 http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH80175
Athearn RTR DASH9-44cw h1 x2 http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH80872
Proto 2000 GP38-2 BNSF H1http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/920-30756

i'll keep you guys posted about new BNSF loco's i expect a few more athearn's with the h3 will come out --I e-mailed Athearn about a RTR GP38-2 w/ h3 paint and they said they'd forward it to the prod. research dept.[^](i know thats the standard response but...)

[Anonymous]

I hope that Athearn will come out with their own Prototype of the BNSF (GEVO).
I would love to see a BNSF ES44AC and an ES44DC in Athearn.
At least a little cheaper than Tower55's. Allan.

[Anonymous]

i still want to see a GP38-2 h3 and maybe a SW1000 h3

[tjsmrinfo]

i prefer santa fe im in the process of planning a layout for the sant fe from amarillo,texas to arizona along with my own private road that does switching and interchange with sf as well as trackage rights on the santa fe main. the 1st locs for my private road are ex conrail units as i like the scheme, but nothing beats a red/silver warbonnet. later power is a freelanced scheme.

tom

[Anonymous]

Dingoix. I just cheacked Firsthobby.com and they are asking only $53.99 for the BNSF SD40-2 H3's. So Pre-order. I know I am. Allan.

[espeefoamer]

If the Santa Fe had been allowed to merge with the Southern Pacific in the mid 80s, the Uncle Putrid would not have been able to assimilate SP into thier big yellow sponge!

[Anonymous]

i'll get my sd40-2 h3 at the LHS (need to support them)