I am not a BN fan but I did like this loco that I did.
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Here are my 4 big ones that I hold dear to my heart:
Kato SD70Mac
P2K SD60M 2 window
P2K SD60M 3 window
Athearn BB SD40-2
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Wow!! When i started this thread i never thought it would get to 3 pages! I am glad that there are BN fans and modelers out there besides me! I hope i can help all of you with BN info when needed and i hope i can do the same for you guys in return! Have fun modeling BN and i will post as many pics as i can on my up and coming BN layout! Thanks everybody!!
-Kade
Yep, grew up not far from the mainline in Libby MT. I could hear the whistle for miles, would hop on my bike a peddle as fast as I could to meet them. No stops , so they would blow thru around 60 mph. Seems like 1 train thru every 2 hours or so. I'm also a GN fan, my grandmother was upset by the merger, she loved Rocky. ;)
Of course within 100 miles I also had the NP and Milwaukee Road, which I am also fond of.
Wow, I'm amazed that I missed this thread. Yeah, I guess I am a BN fan since I do have a few engines in which I use to model Montana, and over by name the picture shows a SD70mac that I have.
My brother was always the BN guy because his favorite color is green. I was always the Santa Fe fan. Then when the merger came upon us it worked out because we both had a good supply of both BN and SF engines. Not my bro isn't into modeling anymore and I've have taken over everything.
Going to college at MSU in Montana help my fanhood of BN because I saw a lot of green up there.
I'm a fan of the SD60m three window. It's just something about them that I can't explain.
fwdguy wrote: P.S. What was your first Burlington Northern Locomotive?
P.S. What was your first Burlington Northern Locomotive?
An Athearn HO GP50 with orange tiger stripes. I love that little engine.
I have a SD70mac, SD60m two window, SD60m three window, SD 40-2, GP50, F-45 (will become a Utah Railway kept in BN colors), SD45 (that will be painted MRL), and a SD45 that already became a MRL engine.
SD60M wrote: Kiriakos wrote:I'm going propably to start modelling a BN branchline of the time just after the merge that formed BN.http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1129703/ShowPost.aspxCan anyone suggest books about this period of BN and especially any book describing a branch line or a small town freight operations?I'm relying a lot on your opinion as I'll order any books from Greece.Thank you!I dont know about any books but if its a branch line your motive power should be small aka. GP7's, GP9's, and since its just after the merger you should try to get P2k's GP20 with the BN patch. I dont know if this will help. Also where will the branchline be located, what region?
Kiriakos wrote:I'm going propably to start modelling a BN branchline of the time just after the merge that formed BN.http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1129703/ShowPost.aspxCan anyone suggest books about this period of BN and especially any book describing a branch line or a small town freight operations?I'm relying a lot on your opinion as I'll order any books from Greece.Thank you!
Maybe a Patched Bight Sky Blue GP7 and a Regular GN scheme would look nice.
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Hi, Everyone! I have been a die-hard BN fan since I got into model railroading in 1975. I miss the BN more than I can say! Today's railroading is of no interest to me. I found this page today because I'm tired of the BNSF, and I don't feel it was a merger. There seems tobe no sign of the BN, but the SF is evident! I don't dislike the Santa Fe, but I'm sick of it! I no longer have a VHS and I can't seem to find any BN DVD's without the SF in them! Even Mcmillan makes SF calanders still, but not BN! I was feeling like the great BN was being forgotten, so I went in search of others who love and miss the BN like I do, and I found this page! Thank God!
I still model BN from 1970 to 1995 in HO--I'm up to 53 locos (SW1's to SD70MAC's) and 8 Chicago area locos (EJ&E, IHB, BRofC) I do not belong to a club, as I live and grew up in Mass,. and western RR's are not welcome, plus I don't need the crap. I HAD a 12x35 layout before I got divorced. All my stuff is now at my friends house, who is a die-hard Conrail modeler (hence the transfer locos) and some Friday nights we get more grid-locked than UP did in Texas after the SP take-over! (another shame)
I just want to talk with other BN fans--I knew there had to be some out there! If anyone would ever like to talk more in-depth about BN or model railroading, my email is richsd40@aol.com Thanks so much foir letting me spout-off and in my model railroad, the BN will NEVER die!
Richard
MOJAX - I was thrilled to see you RR Pictures Archives photos. I've spent many hours at Joliet, but my main focus was Santa Fe. I to am transplanted to Florida from Chicago.
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Jerry
SD60M wrote: WCfan wrote: SD60M wrote:We need to make this the official Burlington Northern Page. Also I just got 3 new engines for graduation a BN SD40-2 BLI with sound, a BN P2K SD45, and an Athearn UP SD40-2T. These engines are awsome! Hey you want to Paint that SD45 in WC colors and give it to me. lol Good buys, those locos should run Very good. Got any pictures?LOL. Thats funny, im going to try to get some pics of all my motive power on here but im in Tupelo right now so when i get home i'll get my pics up. Also its wierd that you cant find a WC SD45, id really try to get a bachmann 45 they may not be the best engines in the world but my spectrum 45 is 5 years old and runs great and im sure the new updated ones are even better!
WCfan wrote: SD60M wrote:We need to make this the official Burlington Northern Page. Also I just got 3 new engines for graduation a BN SD40-2 BLI with sound, a BN P2K SD45, and an Athearn UP SD40-2T. These engines are awsome! Hey you want to Paint that SD45 in WC colors and give it to me. lol Good buys, those locos should run Very good. Got any pictures?
SD60M wrote:We need to make this the official Burlington Northern Page. Also I just got 3 new engines for graduation a BN SD40-2 BLI with sound, a BN P2K SD45, and an Athearn UP SD40-2T. These engines are awsome!
Hey you want to Paint that SD45 in WC colors and give it to me. lol
Good buys, those locos should run Very good. Got any pictures?
Well I tryed to get 2 P2K WC 45s on Ebay. But some one out bidded me. I heard from wctransfer that Athearn Might make a RTR WC 45. So I'm saving my money for that.
Even though I do not model the BN I like it..One could call me a closet BN fan.
Larry
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BN Fan, here. Grew up in Aurora, IL. I remeber the tower, the E's covering downtown with smoking in the morning, the SD45's on the Ottowa Job smoking up downtown again in the afternoon, and SW12's, 1000's, or 1500's on the local troddling downtown to the Beacon News across the old main bridge at North Ave., or down the Nephi branch (Aurora branch, I called it) to actually work S-A and B-G plants when they were still open.
You could almost set your watch to the trains. If you saw 142 it was WAAYYY past your bedtime, the morning rush, The Aurora Job, 1 and 2, the Sprint chasing the morning Zypher. Then 153 came through, The Ottowa job left town about 2:00, then 160,161, 162 all racing on territory before evening rush hour with Amtrack (usually late) messing it all up. after the rush, there was the Armour -Dial Job and the Cat Job, the evening Sprint, 11 and 12 and a few stack trains and other straglers through out the night.
Unfortunatly, I spent most of my early railfan years photoing everything except Aurora and BN's endless parade of SD40-2's. thought they'd be around alot longer then they were.
WCfan wrote: SD60M wrote: WCfan wrote: SD60M wrote:I here ya on that one here in Memphis BNSF has a very busy ex-BN line through here and a major yard and all i see is freakin GE pumpkins and whatever you want to call the new scheme. I miss the BN so much i see old BN units but they have all been patched which sucks!! We sometimes get the unpatched SD70MAC BN units through here nut not often but last year i saw a BNSF coal train with just unpatched BN SD70MAC's i thought it was 1994 for a moment that was a real treat, but i would really like to see some unpatched cascade green units oh well we can all dream!When I was a Rochelle like a month or so ago, I saw 2 BN SD40-2s un-patched in the lead.(I can't get the photo in the computer. But believe me, I really saw it)A really nice sight! They also had the 2 diffrent paint scheams, the white nose, and the stripe. Plus(If any one cares because it's ATSF) I saw 2 yellow bonnets in the lead on another train. I also thought of this, the BN name is before the SF, does that mane BN is a bigger part in the merger?Man thats awsome i would love to see some unpatched SD40-2's. I would really love to see an unpatched SD60M despite them being my favorite BN loco ive never even seen one before just in pictures oh well maybe ill see one im about to get my drivers lisence so ill be going to train watch as much as i can!At Rochelle again I saw a SD60M, but it was a UP. They don't got the style of windows I like. I like it when there's the small window in the middle, Like the SOO and BN ones.
SD60M wrote: WCfan wrote: SD60M wrote:I here ya on that one here in Memphis BNSF has a very busy ex-BN line through here and a major yard and all i see is freakin GE pumpkins and whatever you want to call the new scheme. I miss the BN so much i see old BN units but they have all been patched which sucks!! We sometimes get the unpatched SD70MAC BN units through here nut not often but last year i saw a BNSF coal train with just unpatched BN SD70MAC's i thought it was 1994 for a moment that was a real treat, but i would really like to see some unpatched cascade green units oh well we can all dream!When I was a Rochelle like a month or so ago, I saw 2 BN SD40-2s un-patched in the lead.(I can't get the photo in the computer. But believe me, I really saw it)A really nice sight! They also had the 2 diffrent paint scheams, the white nose, and the stripe. Plus(If any one cares because it's ATSF) I saw 2 yellow bonnets in the lead on another train. I also thought of this, the BN name is before the SF, does that mane BN is a bigger part in the merger?Man thats awsome i would love to see some unpatched SD40-2's. I would really love to see an unpatched SD60M despite them being my favorite BN loco ive never even seen one before just in pictures oh well maybe ill see one im about to get my drivers lisence so ill be going to train watch as much as i can!
WCfan wrote: SD60M wrote:I here ya on that one here in Memphis BNSF has a very busy ex-BN line through here and a major yard and all i see is freakin GE pumpkins and whatever you want to call the new scheme. I miss the BN so much i see old BN units but they have all been patched which sucks!! We sometimes get the unpatched SD70MAC BN units through here nut not often but last year i saw a BNSF coal train with just unpatched BN SD70MAC's i thought it was 1994 for a moment that was a real treat, but i would really like to see some unpatched cascade green units oh well we can all dream!When I was a Rochelle like a month or so ago, I saw 2 BN SD40-2s un-patched in the lead.(I can't get the photo in the computer. But believe me, I really saw it)A really nice sight! They also had the 2 diffrent paint scheams, the white nose, and the stripe. Plus(If any one cares because it's ATSF) I saw 2 yellow bonnets in the lead on another train. I also thought of this, the BN name is before the SF, does that mane BN is a bigger part in the merger?
SD60M wrote:I here ya on that one here in Memphis BNSF has a very busy ex-BN line through here and a major yard and all i see is freakin GE pumpkins and whatever you want to call the new scheme. I miss the BN so much i see old BN units but they have all been patched which sucks!! We sometimes get the unpatched SD70MAC BN units through here nut not often but last year i saw a BNSF coal train with just unpatched BN SD70MAC's i thought it was 1994 for a moment that was a real treat, but i would really like to see some unpatched cascade green units oh well we can all dream!
When I was a Rochelle like a month or so ago, I saw 2 BN SD40-2s un-patched in the lead.(I can't get the photo in the computer. But believe me, I really saw it)A really nice sight! They also had the 2 diffrent paint scheams, the white nose, and the stripe. Plus(If any one cares because it's ATSF) I saw 2 yellow bonnets in the lead on another train. I also thought of this, the BN name is before the SF, does that mane BN is a bigger part in the merger?
At Rochelle again I saw a SD60M, but it was a UP. They don't got the style of windows I like. I like it when there's the small window in the middle, Like the SOO and BN ones.
Well, once removed--I model Frisco (SLSF)--merged to the BN 11/21/80 .
Jim
According to the book Leaders Count, the Burlington Northern acquired the Santa Fe. A good portion of top management (BN) was put off because the combined company was going to be Burlington Northern Santa Fe instead of just Burlington Northern.
The pre-merger name of the Burlington Northern was: The Great Northern Pacific and Burlington Lines. I think that BNSF sure beats Burlington Fe or Santa Northern.
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fwdguy wrote: frisco1519I just found one on EBAY after a very long search. These are hard to come by. If I see one again I will let you know. I searched the web with no luck and many LHS. Then one day it was on EBAY.Mark
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I just found one on EBAY after a very long search. These are hard to come by. If I see one again I will let you know. I searched the web with no luck and many LHS. Then one day it was on EBAY.
Mark
I do have a search on ebay for one of these and maybe someday it will show up. Thanks for the info.
George
At first I wasn't too hot on BN, as a Great Northern fan (who got to ride a GN passenger train just before the merger) I was saddened to see GN go. Eventually I started to like BN, the paintscheme kinda grew on me. By 1983 I had started making trips up to Northtown yards in Mpls to photograph GN SD-9's working the hump and began acquiring a few BN models.
BTW, BNSF still uses cabooses around Superior WI. I read and saw a pic recently that BN repainted the cabooses - as BN cabooses!! BN green, yellow handrails, BN (not BNSF) lettering. Pretty neat!!
MOJAX wrote: sfrailfan wrote:hey MOJAX,could you tell me a little more about this? Am I right in saying: the first image is pre-merger, the second photo is the orange saftey stripe scheme that I think was only applied to gp 50s for some reason. I tried this scheme on an SD 45 when I first learned to paint, but I don't think any of those had those stripes.... Yes on the first photo. If memory serves me the pre-paint was applied to 15 new SD45's direct from EMD and built in Jan/Feb of 1969. Q numbers 516-530 future BN 6457-6471. It is considered the last CB&Q paint scheme.
sfrailfan wrote:hey MOJAX,could you tell me a little more about this? Am I right in saying: the first image is pre-merger, the second photo is the orange saftey stripe scheme that I think was only applied to gp 50s for some reason. I tried this scheme on an SD 45 when I first learned to paint, but I don't think any of those had those stripes....
Yes on the first photo. If memory serves me the pre-paint was applied to 15 new SD45's direct from EMD and built in Jan/Feb of 1969. Q numbers 516-530 future BN 6457-6471. It is considered the last CB&Q paint scheme.
The CB&Q hockey stripe scheme was applied to new SD45 and U30C(?) and one GP40 that acutally received the BN herald before the merger. The hockey stripe scheme was later applied to passenger cars and E units.
This was a pre-merger paint scheme applied in anticipation of the 1970 merger. There also boxcars painted in Cascade Green with the Burlington name applied so that all that would be needed was adding 'Northern' underneath. The idea was later done with the Kodachrome scheme applied to ATSF and SP units in anticipation of that merger that never happened.
The tiger stripe scheme was applied to some GP50 and 1 SD40-2. It was an experiment to try and improve visibility at grade crossings. The experiment had one or two units with orange/white stripes. Most received orange/black stripes just on the nose. If I recall the SD40-2 had orange/white stripes applied to the nose and cab face. E units in commuter service in Chicago also received orange/white nose stripes. Testing of the nose stripes found an insignificant increase in visibility, but also found that the orange tended to fade over time.
jktrains
Only Cascade Green I see here in Florida is the HLCX (Helm Leasing) units running on CSX.