Western Railroad Discussion > Requiem for a Smurf

BNSF 2041. 11/24/2012. RIP.

Photo 1 is of the unit in one of its less glorious days, on the ground in Topeka, KS in 2010, while photo 2 is outside of Mid-America Car shop in KC earlier today.

Sad to see you go,
- Jeff Carlson

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It looked SO much better in blue.

It looked better in blue.
TAH

Not better but I liked H-1 more!

H1 wedge looks better.

SantaFeRuss

Im sorry but why was it blue?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/12 00:43 by upengr21.

May be going against the grain here, but IMO you can't beat the sharp look of it in fresh H3 paint :)

upengr21 Wrote:

> I sorry but why was it blue?

It's a former GMTX lease unit, one of 12 BNSF acquired in 2009. Most of these GP38-2's were ex-Conrail and were either solid blue or GMTX blue and white at the time. BNSF pressed them into service in their existing paint with minimal relettering - as with locomotives painted in predecessor schemes, they'll get around to painting them eventually.

I have to wonder if folks like the "old" 2041 just because it's different, or if they'd really like the entire BNSF roster to look like that. I sure didn't hear many folks raving about how great Conrail's scheme was prior to the CSX-NS carve up.

I always wanted to slap a goat on them

Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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> I have to wonder if folks like the "old" 2041 just
> because it's different, or if they'd really like
> the entire BNSF roster to look like that.

I mainly like them for the variety they provide. In a sea of orange, anything out of the ordinary is good to me.

- Jeff

dan Wrote:
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> I always wanted to slap a goat on them


Is that a euphemism?

(sorry couldn't resist!)

Different is cool because it's different.

But in the end, all will be assimilated.