BNSF 9647: no more vomit bonnet

Trains Magazine Locomotives
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I just heard that BNSF 9647, the SD70MAC that was delivered in 1995 and painted in a one-of-a-kind green and cream warbonnet with “Burlington Northern Santa Fe” spelled out on the long hood, has been repainted into BNSF’s standard orange paint.

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So the vomit bonnet paint scheme is now history.

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“vomit bonnet” It didn’t have a politer nickname? I remember the blue and yellow “Freight Bonnet” or the shouldn’t paint so fast kodachrome.

Rgds IGN

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The vomit bonnet never deserved a better name.

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…mainly because it made people vomit…

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http://challenger3967.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=.

Action shots of 9647 I took on a northbound south of St. Joseph, Mo.

http://challenger3967.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=

Trailing locomotives:

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! i love thje BNSF SWOOSH paint scheme but the Vomit Bonnet was a great engine HOW COULD THEY. Btw i still love BNSF.[:'(][:(!]

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I think that the Green and Cream Bonnet, looked Better than ANY of the green/orange “Heritage” schemes.

Too Me, the classic BN Cascade Green and Black, was the BEST looking scheme they ever had, I did prefer them without the white cab faces though.

Doug