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[quote user="Murphy Siding"]I see a lot of BNSF locomotives that are black from about the walkway down. I just always assumed that was to hide grime. [/quote] I think BNSF has the black running gear only on their new first paint scheme. All later schemes have aluminum paint instead of black. It might be more for design considerations. I think it was Santa Fe that cleaned the silver trucks of locomotives on their premier trains at the end points. Black trucks weather as fast as silver ones: <a href="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif">http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif</a> <a href="http://ewebcarpenters.com/beta/cro/RESTRICTED/2015/August/images/south/BNSF%20647%20RICHARD%20CHASE.jpg">http://ewebcarpenters.com/beta/cro/RESTRICTED/2015/August/images/south/BNSF%20647%20RICHARD%20CHASE.jpg</a> BNSF 647 (Dash 9-44CW) was built in 1994 and photographed in 2015 still in her first paint coat. Regards, Volker
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