In the late 1990s a number of BNSF's H2 C44-9Ws were delivered in orange/green without their decals applied. BNSF #4814 near Seattle, WA in Aug of 1998. Presumably #4814's H2 decals were applied elsewhere. At least these GEs left Erie painted in their BNSF colors, unlike some NS GE's in the early 2000s that went straight to NS from Erie in primer.
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Without the H2 yellow decals BNSF #4814 looked similar to GN's 1960s simplified orange/green without the yellow stripes. At least BNSF didn't do this with their orange/black swoosh GEVOs since they appear to be delivered from Erie with their decals applied, and a simplified swoosh loco without the yellow stripes and BNSF decals almost looks like MILW's old paint scheme.
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