Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF 25th Anniversary 'Stickers" ES44AC 6111 and others in So Cal

Both images captured in Los Angeles CA on either Jan 1 or 2, 2021.

BNSF 6111 ~ 25th Anniversary logo(ed) ES44AC, Built 09/06
BNSF 290 ~ SD75M (ex BNSF SD75I 8290), Built 12/97



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/21 19:20 by MrMRL.

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The Canadians are invading as well, seen at BNSF's Commerce Diesel Service on Jan 1, 2021.

CP 8843 ~ ES44AC, Built 05/07
CP 8616 ~ AC44CW, Built 09/01

Mr. MRL ~ fan safely

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C'mon Warren, you can afford to do heritge paint jobs. Sitckers, BAH!

         'Stickers', what an appropriate and 'cheap' way of naming these heritage units !  The BNSF went all out on these, didn't they?

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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>          'Stickers', what an appropriate and
> 'cheap' way of naming these heritage units !

They are 25th Anniversary units.

MP555 Wrote:
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> >          'Stickers', what an appropriate
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> > 'cheap' way of naming these heritage units !
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> They are 25th Anniversary units.

And they didn't have to do anything at all if they didn't want to.
It's not like they're going to make any extra income off these units.

You do have a point. After all, they chucked all the red and silver paint just sitting around and bought thousands of gallons of  orange, yellow, green and black for that "new car image."

PHall Wrote:
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> MP555 Wrote:
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> > >          'Stickers', what an appropriate
> > and
> > > 'cheap' way of naming these heritage units !
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> > They are 25th Anniversary units.
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> And they didn't have to do anything at all if they
> didn't want to.
> It's not like they're going to make any extra
> income off these units.

PHall Wrote:
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> And they didn't have to do anything at all if they
> didn't want to.
> It's not like they're going to make any extra
> income off these units.

So why do other companies make an effort with special schemes? One benefit is to staff moral. Which benefits the bottom line if it's improved.

6111 would make a great roster shot if it wasn't for the background whatever they are.

Why waste the time painting them on when they will eventually just get burned off in typical GE fashion? This way if such a thing occurs it's easy to put another decal on. We all know what happens when a railroad feels like such things are a hassle. They stop doing them. 

exhaustED Wrote:
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> > And they didn't have to do anything at all if
> they
> > didn't want to.
> > It's not like they're going to make any extra
> > income off these units.
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> So why do other companies make an effort with
> special schemes? One benefit is to staff moral.
> Which benefits the bottom line if it's improved.

RRs, at least Class 1s, cannot be bothered by such things as staff moral......

cabman Wrote:
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> 6111 would make a great roster shot if it wasn't
> for the background whatever they are.

They're empty shipping container chassis, stored vertically in chassis racks.

~ Mr. MRL

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