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03-26-2005, 07:16 AM
I don't know if any of you've experienced this while out on the rails, and I can't say that I have since I started, but how many BNSF paints schemes have you seen in one day? Maybe some of you have seen them all, or more than me, but I bet you can top my batting average I scored today. I photographed 3 trains today, each with three locomotives up front (none had DPU's, BTW). Of the 9 engines I saw, 8 of them had a different paint scheme. Take a look:
[photoid=99041]
[photoid=99016]
[photoid=99017]
The 8 for 9 included:
1) Heritage II
2) SF Warbonnet
3) BN Whiteface
4) Heritage I
5) SF Bluebonnet
6) BN Cascade Green
7) EMDX blue & white (I count it since they're pretty much solely BNSF units)
8. BN Creme and Green (aka Possum)
The only repeat was the whiteface on two SD60Ms, both dual-window units. The primary paint schemes I missed*:
1) BNSFBonnet (Warbonnet with 'BNSF' on the long hood)
2) BNSF
*I didn't count the BN white stripe (where there's a white stripe between the black and green on the longhood; they're essentially a whiteface), the experimental Heritage schemes, OLS schemes, or the odd versions of the Possum scheme with the different nose or long hood paint.
Not bad. I wish I had a batting average of .889 when I played baseball all those years ago. With an average like that, regardless of anything else, statistically it was a good day!
[photoid=99041]
[photoid=99016]
[photoid=99017]
The 8 for 9 included:
1) Heritage II
2) SF Warbonnet
3) BN Whiteface
4) Heritage I
5) SF Bluebonnet
6) BN Cascade Green
7) EMDX blue & white (I count it since they're pretty much solely BNSF units)
8. BN Creme and Green (aka Possum)
The only repeat was the whiteface on two SD60Ms, both dual-window units. The primary paint schemes I missed*:
1) BNSFBonnet (Warbonnet with 'BNSF' on the long hood)
2) BNSF
*I didn't count the BN white stripe (where there's a white stripe between the black and green on the longhood; they're essentially a whiteface), the experimental Heritage schemes, OLS schemes, or the odd versions of the Possum scheme with the different nose or long hood paint.
Not bad. I wish I had a batting average of .889 when I played baseball all those years ago. With an average like that, regardless of anything else, statistically it was a good day!