I hesitate to post this, since I caused a small stampede when I asked about the “yellow thingies” a few years back, but…
In the Lincoln yards of BNSF - we saw - at about 45 MPH going down the main drag - a locomotive sitting, in green and yellow livery. It was between what I would call a chartreuse/key lime green (more to the chartreuse side) with a wide yellow stripe down the entire side of the engine. It was bright!
Could never get close to it again, since there was, as usual, a coal train sitting between us and the engine.
I have searched the web and cannot find anything close to the color of this engine.
All really bright, chartreuse green with wide yellow UP colored stripe. Would have glowed in the dark! That puppy shrieked with color!
You, Carl and Mudchix will know the location - going down West O Street - heading west and trying to look into the yard. About 5-6 blocks away. Looked to be at least an SD40, maybe a little newer. And at that speed and distance, it almost looked like it was the headend of a coal train heading east. But nothing was moving so hard to get a good fix on whether it was even attached to the train in question. Had BNSF newer units right behind it, but they could have been on the track next to it.
Anything in any of the heritage units? Maybe private owner? Maybe it is going to another country.
Google Jellum Flag and the green and yellow on there would be a good match.
i think GE has a new hybrid locomotive in a scheme similar to what you are describing. i just saw a picture of it today,but i dont know how to upload an image.
The colors are perfect. Just not the way they were on this particular engine. We had a side view and it was all that color green, with a wide sash of yellow running right down the entire side of it (conductors side at that) from just under the cab to the rear of the unit.
And in a blazing sun, it really stood out! Very “neon”.
I have seen that engine here in the North Kansas City yards, I believe it is an lease unit with CEFX reporting marks. It was here on point of a JHMX coal train with another CEFX unit, this one painted Purple. It was very strange looking.
Bless you! I am sure people think I make this stuff up, but I really did see it. And this confirms that it may have very well been the head end of a coal train - I couldn’t tell if it was on the same track with the coal train or not from that distance! JHMX goes through here frequently!
Now I need to watch for the purple one!
Thank you!
And if there is possibly anyone out there that doesn’t know - the yellow thingies did exist too. They were FRED holders - no longer in use on engines, I don’t think. At least I don’t see them any more. Which is too bad. We had a lot of fun with that one!
Are you still having problems with your yellow thingy? I was under the impression we satisfied your yellow thingy and now it looks like you need help with it again. well all of us old timers who helped before with your yellow thingy will try and help again. and we still use are yellow thingys on our railroad.
No, Wabash, my yellow thingies seem to be under control, finally [(-D]
I put them in a special box with the mirrors. Take them out every so often and laugh about them all over again.
But I am glad to hear that you are still using them. I never see them here any more and miss looking for them. Maybe one will drift into our yard someday and I will get to see it one more time.
But you can rest assured that if I see something I don’t understand and don’t know what to call it, it will be the new “thingie” of the week!
