Any Burlington Northern Fans out there??

[MOJAX]

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.

[fwdguy]

frisco1519

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

[frisco1519]

Since we are on the subject about BN. Would any of you happen to know if your local Hobby Shop has an Athearn Kit #5390? It is a BN wide vision caboose in the Executive paint scheme. They were discontinued by Horizon and I cannot find one anywhere. If a Hobby Shop has one I can call them and order it.

Thanks in advance for the help. 

[sfrailfan]

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....

[MOJAX]

I was looking around on railpictures.net and found a pre-merger scheam. I never knew there was one. I also never saw a white tiger stripe loco. Have any of you seen one? 

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=169092

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=172767

 

 

Several times as they were Q loco's painted for the up coming merger.  

[jktrains]

Count me as a BN fan and modeler.  Grew up going to see family in Galesburg.

jktrains

[WCfan]

I was looking around on railpictures.net and found a pre-merger scheam. I never knew there was one. I also never saw a white tiger stripe loco. Have any of you seen one? 

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=169092

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=172767

 

[MOJAX]

Great photos Michael. Where about were they taken. I love the one of #917 C&S, I have that unit now by Athearn. It was great to see the mixture of C&S and FWD BN units come through to Houston.

 Mark

 

Thanks for the compliment. Most were taken between Chicago and Aurora on the "race track".

C&S 917 is a favorite as I was able to cab ride it one evening from Clyde out to Aurora. Here is another shot of 917

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=49680

I have over 2000 shots of the BN but most need to be scanned, and uploaded. There are several more just click on my pictures link in my name.

[D&RGWRR476]

I am an old CB&Q fan due to my grandpa working for them 40+ years. He was a boiler maker in the steam days. At the end of steam, he became a stationary boiler engineer and ran the Denver powerhouse at the Burlington yards. I have fond memories visiting Grandpa on Sunday afternoons at the powerhouse.

[WCfan]

Great photos Michael. Where about were they taken. I love the one of #917 C&S, I have that unit now by Athearn. It was great to see the mixture of C&S and FWD BN units come through to Houston.

 Mark

The date is on the bottom right hand corner where there is the gray box with all the info.

[WCfan]

Here are a few of photos I took of the BN in the early 70"s. 

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=44539

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=46009

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=57512

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=45429

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=57003

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48192

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=45084

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=45924

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48062

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=56739

 

I like those photos. The locos look odd with out the ditch lights. I  also like the era they where taken in. I would like to model it in N scale, but don't have the space, time, room, and money. Plus I'm a WC guy. 

[fwdguy]

Great photos Michael. Where about were they taken. I love the one of #917 C&S, I have that unit now by Athearn. It was great to see the mixture of C&S and FWD BN units come through to Houston.

 Mark

[MOJAX]

Here are a few of photos I took of the BN in the early 70"s. 

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=44539

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=46009

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=57512

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=45429

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=57003

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48192

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=45084

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=45924

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48062

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=56739

 

[sfrailfan]

Hey All,

I am also a huge BN fan! Even though my screen name is SFrailfan.... (I do the BNSF merger too) most of my roster is green and black BN diesels. I also have SF and BNSF.

I get a lot of heat from some of the clubmembers who insist on modeling whats local (like NS or CSX). I don't know why that is. We have 2 UP fans in our club as well.

I agree with fwdguy. One of the great things about modeling BN is the range of diesels they had. I don't limit my timeframe for this reason. I just got another SD 70M in executive colors. Kato. In HO scale.

Thanks for the read!

[gn goat]

I'm a big GN fan. Grew up in a small town in Minnesota and got to know the stationmaster. He talked the engineer of the local that went through twice a day to let me ride in the cab while he did switching duties - was an old Pacific as I recall. Man, did I love railroading back then.

the goat   

[fwdguy]

Im am also I big Burlington Northern fan and modeler. I guess what made me so interested was growing up near the BN main into Houston Texas. I used to watch the trains go by all the time and what an interesting assortment of motive power. From U30's, F45, SDP40, SD40-2,Geeps, and even the old F units too. Those were the days. My first BN locomotive was a birthday present and it was an Atlas HO BN GP38 and since then has grown to over 50+ units on my roster. My newest edition will be later this year which will be an Atlas U30C Bicentennial #1776 which I used to see all the time come and go on the main with the 2 other units 1876,1976. Now the line has changed to BNSF which still is interesting to see the trains go by and which is still a busy mainline.

 Mark

P.S. What was your first Burlington Northern Locomotive?

[simon1966]

MOJAX, I'll let you into a secret.  I knew nothing about the merger.  I got a Burlington Route loco because I really liked the color scheme and thought it was from New England.  It was only some months later that I discoverd that it had nothing to do with Vermont So no sentimentality from me I just really like the Blackbird scheme and the silver passenger trains from the Q era. I knew so little about the hobby when I got into it that for some while I thought American's did not model trains because all my Google searches for "Model Railways" came up with no US hits.  Growing up in the UK I never used the term Railroad, so I had no idea!!

[MOJAX]

Too new!!

Go back a decade or two to those beautiful black birds and I am a happy man.

 

I understand. My father was a big Q fan and he had trouble accepting the merger, as I'm sure a lot of GN, NP, and SP&S fans did as well.  

[simon1966]

Too new!!

Go back a decade or two to those beautiful black birds and I am a happy man.

[MOJAX]

Me im a huge BN fan, i have been all my life and just wanted to know if anybody else is a fan.

LONG LIVE THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN!!!!

-SD60M

Since the day they became BN. Back in the day the only way to have a BN loco, car or caboose was to paint it yourself.  

[WCfan]

I'm kind of a BN fan. I like the paint scheam and the treain they ran through. I also like there locomotives.

[SD60M]

Me im a huge BN fan, i have been all my life and just wanted to know if anybody else is a fan.

LONG LIVE THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN!!!!

-SD60M