TOO MUCH GREEN AHHHHH!!![:D][:D][(-D][(-D]
I guess this is more of a hot topic than I thought. Well at least now everyones opinion on the subject will be heard. Please don’t hold any grudges against anyone else for their opinions. iam going to start a poll on the trains.com general forum so it will be easier to see the actual numbers of people who like or dislike BN.
no other locomotive color sceme i have ever seen included green.
Illinois Terminal and Chicago & Illinois Midland both incorporated green, although they were not big railroads.
Now on the subject of BN-I have several memories. One of the most impressive sights as a six year old was being at Chicago Union Station and seeing the BN commuter trains waiting to leave. Of course growing up in St Louis I saw lots of BN green and it was always impressive. Later I went to college along the coal line from Burlington to W Quincy. Coal trains behind all shades of green. At least BNSF has taken the ICG approach to repainting and it is still possible to see BN and SF locos in their original paint, with a few touch ups. A pleasant relief from the UP that repaints anything that stops long enough to be painted.