new BNSF livery...

[SALfan]

EEEEEUUUUUUWWWW!!! They broke the ugly stick on that beast! It would have been much better if they had gone back to the Warbonnet scheme . . . or the old Santa Fe freight colors . . . or the old Frisco scheme . . or the old BN green . . . or anything other than orange. War Pumpkin pretty much sums it up; or maybe Rotten Pumpkin.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by alcodave

i can understand why CSXengineer doesnt car about what color the locomotive is every day on the job is a new experiance for him.do you ever see s csx freight anymore with all matching engines? : )

Don't be to hard on the guy, remember his is a great line put together from many diverse flags. We need to understand his confusion and hope that he and his company come to understand what Mookie says about marketing and that some pride in his company can match the pride he has in his trade.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

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"?

No but next time ill it in mind.

[bnsfkline]

Bah
New logos ugly
Stick with the tried and true!

Hell....even my Brown Goldfish looks better then the H-3

[daveklepper]

Don't mind the colors, nearly identacle to lots of trolley cars, Milwaukee and Johnstown, for example. But what is the wedge for? What does it have to do with railroading? A rerailing frog? Again, the old Sante Fe scheme was best, without a doubt! In my humble opinion, of course, but then I don't get paid to design these color schemes and someone obviously does.

[alcodave]

i can understand why CSXengineer doesnt car about what color the locomotive is every day on the job is a new experiance for him.do you ever see s csx freight anymore with all matching engines? : )

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jwieczorek

I must concur with csxengineer......"who cares?"..... No one cares what color Schneider paints their trucks. It's none of our business. No one cares what color I paint my car. It's non of your business. It's none of our business what color any company paints its property. We are all entitled to our opiniions.

Sounds like someone got their tail twisted!

We can have an opinion on here, cuz that's why there is a forum.

I think from a marketing standpoint, I would want my product to look pleasing since it will be all over the US of A. Granted, most businesses want their product to get from point A to point B and if it is done with a caravan of purple ponies, so what? I think it makes good PR sense to want to look nice to the general public and the people you do business with. A sense of pride means you will maybe take better care of their product.

Why wa***he locomotives? Why buy dress-up clothes?

Mook

[Anonymous]

I must concur with csxengineer......"who cares?"..... No one cares what color Schneider paints their trucks. It's none of our business. No one cares what color I paint my car. It's non of your business. It's none of our business what color any company paints its property. We are all entitled to our opiniions.

[mudchicken]

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".

[Anonymous]

Kinda reminds me of the Wabash RoadRailer Logo

[BurlingtonJohn]

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.

Regards,
Burlington John

[dharmon]

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.....

[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!

[mudchicken]

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)]

[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.."

[mudchicken]

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"?

[Anonymous]

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

[spbed]

Guess they are trying to portray that they will deliver the goods faster then a speeding bullet.

[Mookie]

Green would always be preferable to Orange! You can rhyme Green.

Mook

[mudchicken]

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..

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

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

I was thinking the same thing.

[Mookie]

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

[csxengineer98]

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

[Nora]

My poor Noranges...now they are going to look like boxes of Tide...

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Stick around! You haven't seen the end of BNSF yet.
BNSF stands for Bigger New Santa Fe!
I still like that one.

[Anonymous]

its ok, but it was better before. The old was more official, the new is like, as others have said, for a toy

[UPTRAIN]

They may be trying to figure out who made the locomotives that the paint scheme was carried on by then...lol!

[jeaton]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.