Sources close to Bershire Hathaway say Warren Buffet wants BNSF CEO Matt Rose to Create a Heritage Fleet Simalar to what UP has done. Rumors are that at least 6 Steam engines are to be restored to Full running conditon along with 4 older diesels rumors on the old Diesels are 1 FP45 in the Red and Silver Warbonnet and one E-9 back to CB&Q Sliver and one unit each into the GN and NP schemes. Steam engines Rumors are there would be one each for ATSF Fricso NP GN SP&S and the CB&Q. Reports are Buffet is looking to make the UP look like the Second rate RR it is and answer why he bought BNSF instead of UP both of he had stock in at the time he was looking for a RR to buy.
I heard it was 12 steamers and a partridge in a pear tree!
And a Happy April Fools Day to you, too!
Yeah I heard Buffett has hired Joe Fugate to rewire and scenic the entire BNSF.
Dave Nelson
April Fool’s Joke! [banghead]
Boy! OH BOY!
This will get the railfan community stirred UP!
Like dropping the birthday cake in an ant hill at the family picnic!
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They won’t need to repaint any diesels into the BN Cascade Green paint colors. Our local yard has several that they keep on hand just to keep the Mookies of the world happy. [:)]
Ya know - you had me there until you mentioned six steamers.
Given that we know that Buffett is something of a railfan, the Diesels are within the realm of possibility.
Murphy - we still have a very few, but they retired our two old SW’s in green. [sigh] Send any leftovers!
send them my way im tired of seeing SF and BNSF paint i never see any green
Accually, I heard about this long before Buffet bought the BNSF. There were plans to create a Super steam program. Half the locomotives were already available. SP&S 700, Frisco 1522, and the Santa Fe Northern (I forgot the number). They were sending out “feelers” to museums and other organizations that owned Great Northen, Northern Pacific, and Burlington steam locomotives to see which ones could be easily returned to service. So don’t laugh this might be TRUE!
…Further sources state that close Obama associate Buffett intends to purchase NS,CSX, and UP merging all railroads into a new company called “New World Order Transportation” and selling it to the Federal government as a first step to socializing the railfan hobby. A contract for several thousand “Shackle” type boxcars is expected shortly…
Billionaire Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch intends to counter offer for the merged company and if successful will reportedly name former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as CEO, with plans to purchase the former BC rail from CN and build a connection North through the Yukon to connect with the Alaska RR. A major intermodal terminal will be built by the "Fair and Balanced Railway"on property in Mrs. Palin’s backyard to take advantage of the close proximity to Russia…
Yeah, they retired both our SW’s, one green and one pumpkin. We do have a Cascade Green SD30 (or maybe it’s an SD35), the one with the humpback, that shows up here pretty regular. What would you trade for it? [:P]
Any SD30s offered for transfer or sale today would be a beautiful April Fool’s Day joke. (Norris, there was no such animal–GP30s are the ones with the hump.)
[(-D] So, you’re saying I’m a couple axles short of an SD? Is that like being a couple bricks short of a full load?
Give me credit at least I made the effort. Maybe Next year I will get you worse than when I annocned that UP was going to Scrap the 844 anyone remember that one.
Not only is BNSF going to make heritage units, but they are going to buy enough E9s to make a E9 out of each predecessor paint scheme, then run them in freight service! [:P]
Oh PLEASE stop, I simply can’t take this any more…a pure E9 lashup in regular freight service…drool, drool!
Buffett has stated that he is going to start running locomotive consists based on entertainment value to railfans rather than on what is economical for railroad operations. the catch is every time you see one (either “live” or in a picture) you have to send him a dollar…
As a Berkshire Hathaway (ex-BNI) shareholder, I have the “inside scoop”. We will be re-painting our “Heritage” locomotives (only ones with the nose doors on the correct (right, facing) side: Dash 9-44CWs, ES44C4s, ES44ACs and ES44DCs) into a variety of schemes. None of the “Jimmy Junk” will be so decorated, as they are going to the scrapper, or UP (“Uncle Pete” will buy anything!), whomever makes the highest bid. I will vote, at the shareholder’s meeting in Omaha, on 11 May, to have one done in the NP “North Coast Limited” green & lime scheme. That was cool! The SP&S scheme is being debated, as is the CB&Q one. We are looking for a steamer. Really! We need one to commemorate the 3’-0" gauge “Great Falls & Canada”. Yes, it will be painted black! It will be for static display only, as we can’t afford to dual-gauge the line from Great Falls to Sweetgrass, MT at this time. Other ‘thingies’ are in the works! Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Hays