Santa Fe "Bluebonnet"

[gblatham]

Ummm…okay.

So, eliminating Amtrak as a [ahem] “class I road,” might it be accurate to claim the “Yellowbonnet” scheme was the last new passenger livery developed by a class I railroad in U.S. history?

If Amtrak’s very existence is our sole point of contention, I’d presume the answer would be “yes.”

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

One could reasonably argue that the Burlington Northern Cascade Green and black with the thick white stripe as found on E8/E9’s in Chicago suburban service did come later, some time after March 1, 1970.