Why does nobody like BNSF colors. I like Heritage I best, Heritage II is ok, minus the yellow war bonnet, and the new scheme is ok, having the BNSF on the side, but on the front it looks terrible. Anybody who disses BN’s colors is messed in the head.
I kinda liked the GN inspired BNSF scheme, but I think the new use of the initials BNSF as a compay name is lame. I also liked the ATSF inspired logo they used to use. Much more charming then the modern day logos they usually come up with at Ho-hum headquarters.
it does look pretty bad on non- widecab GE units doesnt it? the red stripe is right above the windows, it just doesnt look good.
(PLEASE! DONT KILL ME!)
GEARHEAD426
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NW (Norfolk and Western)
BNSF-Beginning with a non-sensical cut and paste name, the road should have simply stuck with the best looking scheme of the merged roads which in this case is hands down, the Santa Fe. The worst is CSX-name and its scheme which looks like primer. Ugh. The old Alton had a good scheme that stood out. The original KCS or the Texas Special scheme was striking.
Florida East Coast’s McDonald’s Colors have to be the ugliest, followed by Metro-North’s sterile grey with a blue stripe. I will say that MN’s genisis locos painted in New Haven’s McGuinniss scheme look awesome.
Im goin with the vommit bonnet!!! [;)]YUK.[|)] Please excuse me i gotta run to the waste basket after looking at that picture. [:0]
I would have to pick at BNSF. I liked them better when their full railway name was Burlington Northern & Santa Fe. I don’t care much for this BNSF swoo***hing on the side. Logos like that belong on a jet or plane or something. I liked the Santa Fe’s paint scheme with the red and silver and BN’s green and dark green/cream paint schemes. BNSF orange is good; I liked Heritage 1 and Heritage 2, just not Heritage 3. This new paint scheme of theirs represents a loss of history and heritage. If I became an officer of BNSF the first thing I’d do is repaint those swoosh units to the H2 paint scheme, repaint a few D8-40CW units back to Red and Silver Warbonnet, and leave the unpatched BN SD70MAC units in their original schemes.
Oh, I forgot about the BNSF merger paint scheme. I know most people don’t like it, but I thought it was all right. I liked it mostly because it clearly spelled out “Burlington Northern Santa Fe” on the side of it. I’m going to buy an HO model of this unit someday.
You took my choice. This is the worst of them all. I like the new BNSF one.
Victor
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The warbonnets are the best of SF and the Exec. Scheme is the best of BN. I dont know what BNSF was smoking when they put their full name on the Cream and green units but it must have been strong.
Victor
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ditto
I wouldn’t call it the worst but Youngstown Sheet & Tube painted the SW1000’s at its Indiana Harbor plant in orange and white. Bright colors do not agree with a steel mill environment. The same could be said for Union RR and the pale green it used in the past.
Any train with graffitii[V] or patches is usally my pick for the worst paint[8D]
[xx(]Anything in Pink[xx(]
There’s always SAL purple!
Anyone remember the original Auto Train’s colors ??!![xx(]
Wait a moment. I think you mean Atlantic Coast Line’s Purple and silver.[;)] E3 500 doesn’t look THAT bad! Seaboard started out with green, yellow and black, which was replaced on E units by a very light green,which was almost white. Their hood unit schemes were not anything to write home about,but they were better than say, SP grey/red when it was filthy (about 90% of the time!)[B)]
I kind of liked the purple.[:p]
My bad on the RR - knew it was one of the two. Actually it was a pretty classy scheme. I was just bouncing of UC’s comment.