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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:33 PM
This is really ugly....but there's hope. Remember when the vomit bonnette came out and there was a real negetive response to that scheme? Whell they improved on it.

As another thought, if they merge with the NS all they have to do is change the color of the ns in BNSF.

But what I think they should have done is paint it in black and white like the NS
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:39 PM
Well,The BNSF does have their right to change their Logo if they want too,and for one thing,weather they do,I don't care,I still like the BNSF Railway....No matter what[^].
[bow]BNSF Railway[bow]
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Posted by UPTRAIN on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:40 PM
They sure as hell better not call it "HERTAGE III". There's no ATSF to it...I got a new slogan for them BNSF-We'll screw up your paint scheme. I think it's a cheap Rio Grande style lettering...yuck, yuck, YUCK! I saw Heritage 1 and 2 locomotives yesterday...I would have never thought I would wake up this morning and find those OUTDATED...even the heritage II!!!!!! SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU BNSF!!!!

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Posted by UPTRAIN on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:41 PM
Oh yeah...this can end up like the "vomit bonnet" for all I care..I had a vision of an SD40-2 in the new scheme...I almost had a heart attack!

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Posted by alcodave on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:49 PM
Can anyone think any anything else as bad as that?Trains mag. should do a top 10 list of all time bad paint schemes i think it would be interesting to see some of them.
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Posted by alcodave on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:55 PM
and did anyone notice how similar it is to the schneider national trucking logo it is?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:56 PM
Now that I went back to take another look.....It doesn't look to bad,Other than the nose looks dull&boring. Mabe if they put the RAILWAY under neath the BNSF I think it would look realy neat!
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Posted by UPTRAIN on Monday, January 24, 2005 9:58 PM
Let's see...I got the top 5...
1. BNSF Heritage III
2. BNSF Vomit Bonnet
3. PC Mating Worm
4. SOO Line Pumpkin
5. Any UP Patched Unit...

You Fini***he Rest

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 10:07 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by UPTRAIN

Let's see...I got the top 5...
1. BNSF Heritage III
2. BNSF Vomit Bonnet
3. PC Mating Worm
4. SOO Line Pumpkin
5. Any UP Patched Unit...

You Fini***he Rest
Well it sure looks like the BNSF sure got everyone in a good mood tonight.
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Posted by jeaton on Monday, January 24, 2005 10:16 PM
Hang in there guys. Ten years from now it will be something else. A hundred years from now there will be a very lengthy topic as the next century's railfans try to find out if BNSF stood for anything.

"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics

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Posted by UPTRAIN on Monday, January 24, 2005 10:25 PM
They may be trying to figure out who made the locomotives that the paint scheme was carried on by then...lol!

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 10:33 PM
its ok, but it was better before. The old was more official, the new is like, as others have said, for a toy
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 10:49 PM
Stick around! You haven't seen the end of BNSF yet.
BNSF stands for Bigger New Santa Fe!
I still like that one.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 24, 2005 11:10 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

.... so why would they change the paint scheme and logo?


maybe it's cheaper to apply? Sure looks like it must be.
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Posted by Nora on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:49 AM
My poor Noranges...now they are going to look like boxes of Tide...
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Posted by csxengineer98 on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 3:27 AM
its just paint.... who cares....
csx engineer
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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:58 AM
Boy - an overnite avalanche!

My first impression is that it looks like something you should throw a football to.....................

Never liked the orange, now like it even less!

Mook

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:39 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

its just paint.... who cares....
csx engineer

I was thinking the same thing.
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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:03 AM
The BN (Borg Nation) folks slipped Marketing some $$$$$$$ under the the table to wipe out the last vestiges of ATSF as part of their corporate identity. Don't be surprised if Cascade Green make a comeback shortly.(see any Frisco images anymore?)[:(][:(][:(]

ps - The only part of the old BN that was moderately fast was the Q and it was never as quick or responsive as Santa Fe when judged as a whole..
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:07 AM
Green would always be preferable to Orange! You can rhyme Green.

Mook

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Posted by spbed on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:10 AM
Guess they are trying to portray that they will deliver the goods faster then a speeding bullet.

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:20 AM
The Question I have is.....What do the People who work for the BNSF think about this new change?
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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:47 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan.

The Question I have is.....What do the People who work for the BNSF think about this new change?


Ever heard the term "War Pumpkin"?
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by dharmon on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:57 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken



Ever heard the term "War Pumpkin"?



Now that is a name that strikes fear in the hearts of men....

"I'm scared sir, there's a pair of War Pumpkins moving up the line to attack..."

"Easy son, it'll be okay. Stand fast, hold your ground and don't fire until you see the NS in the BNSF.."
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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:30 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken



Ever heard the term "War Pumpkin"?



Now that is a name that strikes fear in the hearts of men....

"I'm scared sir, there's a pair of War Pumpkins moving up the line to attack..."

"Easy son, it'll be okay. Stand fast, hold your ground and don't fire until you see the NS in the BNSF.."


Now you know why the Yellow Peril has nothing to fear![:o)][:o)][:o)]
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:16 AM
Dan - just dawned on me that I see BNSF all the time and never "saw" the NS in it! Duh....time out for me!

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Posted by dharmon on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:20 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Dan - just dawned on me that I see BNSF all the time and never "saw" the NS in it! Duh....time out for me!


We're gonna need a bigger couch.....
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Posted by BurlingtonJohn on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:25 AM
Pardon me if I don't shed a tear over the demise of the last traces of the Santa Fe or the failure to bring back the warbonnet image. Did any of you out there honestly think the suits would?

You have got to remember that there are/were other roads that made up BNSF and that the world did not revolve around all that is red/silver. Gone, too is the:

B - Burlington Route (I'm glad Harry Murphy and Ralph Budd aren't around to see this)
N - Great Northern as well as the Northern Pacific

As well as the Burlington Northern for those who were fans of it. I won't even get into the Frisco, Fort Worth & Denver, Colorado & Southern, and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle.

I am not surprised that the suits have come up with a new logo. Reminds me of when some rocket scientist in Fort Worth came up with the "disco paint" scheme for the SD70MACs and the business car fleet.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:07 PM
Kinda reminds me of the Wabash RoadRailer Logo
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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:17 PM
Wasn't that long ago that there was the ruckus with the Quality symbol that vaguely resemsebled the Quaker Oats Symbol. Same marketing dummies?

Burlington John - Lose the Great Northern Paint scheme along with the "re-imaging".
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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