lets talk BNSF (BN and Santa Fe too)

[Anonymous]

My son and I are BNSF fans. He likes the ornage and green scheme (H! and H2 I think). I'm partial to the orange/green also, but I do like the new logo.

Jeff

[NHRRJET]

In the fallen flags category, my #1 road is the NYNH&H, in contemporary railroading. . .BNSF.
My wife and I were in Kansas City, MO and KS last month. Being in the RR industry, I called BNSF security in Ft. Worth to obtain permission to visit Argentine Yard.
They were wonderful; while I was told I could not go on the property, they "assigned" a security officer to us who gave us a tour and photo ops off the property. Kudos to BNSF Ry for excellent PR.

[Anonymous]

i like all paint schemes but the H3 is my most favorite followed by the h1
(if you don't know what these paints look like go to page 1 of this topic) i have a pic of H1 , H2 , and H3 posted there

[Anonymous]

check out these BNSF train video's http://www.traintapes.com/bnsf.html

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dingoix

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

What kind of drive does it have, the old blue box, new RTR, or Genesis?

Thanks,

Mike in Tulsa.....BNSF Cherokee Sub

[Anonymous]

RTR with hex line drive shafts- much quieter than b-b

[pastorbob]

The only good paint scheme on BNSF is the red and silver warbonnet or the blue and yellow unpatched.

Of course I model the Santa Fe in 1989 on three decks of railroad and have little love for the BN with BNSF not even a gleam in the future.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Ibflattop

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

I model the BN [8D]....... big nothing? ohhh now you've got me mad... GRRR[}:)]

CASCADE GREEN 4 EVER!!

[Anonymous]

maybe BNSF stands for: Big New Santa Fe

[XMarine]

My wife gave me for Christmas three years ago 40 shares of BNSF stock. I have found out that with that little bit of ownership, they will give me all the information I desire on BNSF paints and trackage information (SHOCK SHOCK). The annual reports are very fun to read and study. The local switching crews are friendlier since they found out I own shares.
My layout is freelance with connections to ATSF (set before the BN and ATSF merger) and UP.
I feel that the BNSF should honor the old roads with their paint designs and not just wipe them out. The new stuff looks like UP just different colors!

[james saunders]

BNSF is awesome but atm im modeling the 50's because of space restrictions maybe down the track i will move back to the modern era, with my beloved Genesis SD75Ms and C-449Ws. just a question, are all the BNSF SD75s Painted in the Warbonnet still or have any been repainted into a heritage paint?

OZJIM

[Anonymous]

this falls off the front page faster than my trains fall off the track

[railroadyoshi]

In the evenings threads whiz by.

BNSF is the closest I have really gotten to Freight trains.I was given a tour of the Northtown Yard Engine Shops in Minneapolis. The best part was they gave me an authentic BNSF hard hat, and I am grateful for that wonderful experience.

[Anonymous]

i have some new names if BNSF decides to merge with another railroad-
merge w/ Norfolk Southern-Burlington Norfolk Santa Fe
merge w/ Canadian National-Burlington National Santa Fe
merge w/ Chicago & Northwestern-Burlington Northwestern Santa Fe (that won't happen cause C&NW went into the big yellow sponge in 1995)but i'm considering merging my rr(BNSF)w/ C&NW

[Anonymous]

well i'm not meging w/ C&NW - but anyway does anyone know all the loco models that have been painted in H3 paint? i know the new GEVO's are and i heard some SD40-2's were and some DASH 9-44cw's were -BNSF plans for engines to be painted into heritage colors when they are rebuilt

[Anonymous]

I understand that there is at least one or two SD70MAC's painted in the H3 logo.
Allan.

[NHRRJET]

I've heard BNSF stands for Big New Santa Fe and Buy Norfolk Southern Fast.

[Anonymous]

Hey dingoix. Id like to see your wounderfull BNSF Locomotives.
Allan.

[Anonymous]

i only have one BNSF locomotive and it's an Athearn RTR AC4400 H3 i might get a pic on here in the next few weeks -only time will tell...

[Anonymous]

there has been an argument about BNSF paint schemes and their names going on over at the TRAINS forum under the article BNSF SD75M's -Allan (BNSFrailfan) was there and it got pretty intense for a while- and it's still not over

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dingoix

there has been an argument about BNSF paint schemes and their names going on over at the TRAINS forum under the article BNSF SD75M's -Allan (BNSFrailfan) was there and it got pretty intense for a while- and it's still not over

LOL. Your darn right there. I WILL defend the true name of the BNSF Railway. It make me mad when they call it that stupid retarded swoosh crap. I mean as much as I hate that ugly Union Pacific sponge. They don't here me calling the UP names now do they? I hear that some clown at Trains.com started that. And by the way dingoix. I like your Photo of the BNSF C40-8W. Very nice. Allan.

[Anonymous]

here's my H3 AC4400

[PistolPete]

MY main RR is BN, with SF and UP interchanges. I like the BNSF colors but am sticking with the pre merger focus. For a change of pace I go for my local RR's MEC, B&M, and BAR.

[Anonymous]

thanks BNSFrailfan, it's an Athearn RTR AC4000 H3 (powerbar)--actually the BNSF logo is simply called the BNSF RAILWAY logo-it's the paint scheme that's called the powerbar, H3 ect.- thanks for stickng up for the best rr we will ever see

[zgardner18]

I agree that BNSF is what it's all about. I've watch then climb the passes of Montana on the old BN line and now I'm back to watching them concure the Cajon Pass where infact I've seen a few Power bar ES4400's. Have you guys seen the Bluebonnett ES that Tower55 is putting out?

[Anonymous]

i think you mean AC4400- the ES44's were introduced by GE in 2005 so a bluebonnet wouln't be prototypical- but the AC4400 was produced from 1993-2004 so there could be a bonnet- but it wouldn't be blue- in 1989 Santa Fe revived the red/silver warbonnet - the blue one would not be painted on anything after 1989- hope that made sense

[zgardner18]

Dude, thank you very much. Maybe living in Los Angeles you couldn't tell that I knew all of that. I've watch Santa Fe all 29 years of my life. Maybe you should go to the Tower 55 website and see what the hell I'm talking about.

[n2mopac]

Here is my story. I grew up along the MoPac Missouri Mule line in West Central Missouri and I followed and modeled that road for several years. This was somewhat painful as I have no great love of the UP as many have expressed above. In 1996 I moved to Carrollton, MO where I got my first real look at BNSF as a busy main runs through town between Kansas City and Chicago. I had no real connection to BN, SF, or any other predacessors of the road, but I immediately fell in love with the paint scheme. in 2000 I moved to north Fort Worth, TX and drove every day through Saginaw along BNSF's main (Wichita Falls sub) and knew immediately this town begged to be modeled. When I moved back home to Missouri in 2003 I decided to make the switch to model the Wichita Falls sub of BNSF in Summer, 2000. Now there is no turning back.

By the way, I love Herigate I and II, but I am not partial to H3 yet at all. Give me some time--10 years or so--and I will probably get used to it.

Ron

[icmr]

My friend saw a BNSF GP60B today on an NS train.



ICMR

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[Anonymous]

BNSF does loan a lot of power to NS- i think they are the only RR still running B-units-here are a few BNSF pics i found on the internet
a "kodachrome" today is a VERY rare sight i'd think this is about the only one


I'm pretty sure this one came from a paint program but maybe not.


BNSF loco's stored at a yard in Minnesota (you really need to "click to enlarge" to get the effect of this one)