Everyone:
From watching the Virtual Railfan webcam at the La Plata,Missouri Amtrak Station (former ATSF)
I took notice this past week of a BNSF covered hopper that was gray with BNSF marks left and a
CB&Q "Burlington Route" herald right - it stood out in a train of maroon BNSF covered hoppers.
This car looked near new and thankfully was not tagged. To me this was an interesting find...
I discovered that BNSF does have a small vintage herald covered hopper car fleet and that they
are being modeled by hobbyists that are interested in BNSF...
I previously was unaware of any program that had freight cars using ancestry heralds or color
schemes on recent equipment and think that this is a neat idea to commemorate the past...
I noticed that these were new in late 2013-four years ago now - new to someone like me that
is from far outside of BNSF territory...
http://www.pbase.com/mrmrl/bnsf_heritage_hoppers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.corailroads.com/2013/10/bnsf ... ppers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(Note suggested vintage color schemes for BNSF locomotives - the Burlington prototype looks neat!)
For the Virtual Railfan website:
http://www.virtualrailfan.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
MACTRAXX
From watching the Virtual Railfan webcam at the La Plata,Missouri Amtrak Station (former ATSF)
I took notice this past week of a BNSF covered hopper that was gray with BNSF marks left and a
CB&Q "Burlington Route" herald right - it stood out in a train of maroon BNSF covered hoppers.
This car looked near new and thankfully was not tagged. To me this was an interesting find...
I discovered that BNSF does have a small vintage herald covered hopper car fleet and that they
are being modeled by hobbyists that are interested in BNSF...
I previously was unaware of any program that had freight cars using ancestry heralds or color
schemes on recent equipment and think that this is a neat idea to commemorate the past...
I noticed that these were new in late 2013-four years ago now - new to someone like me that
is from far outside of BNSF territory...
http://www.pbase.com/mrmrl/bnsf_heritage_hoppers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.corailroads.com/2013/10/bnsf ... ppers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(Note suggested vintage color schemes for BNSF locomotives - the Burlington prototype looks neat!)
For the Virtual Railfan website:
http://www.virtualrailfan.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
MACTRAXX
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