The Oddball Locomotives of BNSF!

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Published 2022-11-03
In today's video, we look at all of the strange and experimental paint schemes BNSF has made over the years. Some of these paint jobs were made on purpose and some were made out of laziness.
All Comments (21)
  • @danrailbro8980
    In regards to the BNSF Blue Smurf, there's currently one in operation number 2042. It's currently located on the BNSF race track in Illinois, specifically Eola yard.
  • @Trainboivr
    I think BNSF making a steam locomotive would count as an oddball locomotive.
  • @MidwesternRailfan
    Fun fact about the Great Pumpkin: It actually wears two separate paint schemes. One on each side. One has a solid one and the other side has double lines.
  • @HondaBrosCanSuckMe
    My guess on the long hood swaps, I believe comes down to the famous GE turbos and their tendency fail and shoot flames. I believe it stands within reason that a couple times the damage was too catastrophic to just live with so they found a locomotive about to go to the scrapper and just swapped it on.
  • @WMAC_Master
    BNSF definitely has some cool paint schemes. that's what makes them fun. The smurf ones are pretty awesome.
  • @Buck1954
    I live near Hwy 36. I see many of these paint schemes on BNSF locomotives. I wondered about the mismatch.
  • @Captainstrains9882
    I’ve seen some oddball NS locomotives. The 9528 has a old paint job and it’s engine hood has the new logo, the 9262 has the old logo on one side and the new logo on the other, and the 9954 has the new paint job, but still it’s engine hood has the old loco. It was swapped due to probably a fire.
  • @OhioCentralModeler
    The frakenengines that seem to have middle sections of their long hoods replaced with mismatching sections are all GE Dash 9s. I'd give it 95%+ odds they blew out their turbos spectacularly and the portion of the long hoods got burnt out, rather than any wrecks somehow only damaging the centers of the locomotives.
  • @Matthewzen9
    Great video! One intentional oddball that gets forgotten is BNSF 7687, another experiment H3 motor with the lower nose area being orange instead of black.
  • @emrilbennett8704
    5:12 wow! Those are kinda neat though. Kind of an apocalyptic in a cool creative way? I don’t know. It’s just so weird and unique and I love it.
  • @Greatdome99
    Also in 2005, Burlington Northern Santa Fe changed its name to BNSF Railway, wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett)--there is no BNSF stock.
  • @armageddon1981
    BNSF conductor here from the Chicago division, yes there are some still in rotation. I was just on BNSF 2042 not even a month ago in Eola yard in Aurora,Illinois. That locomotive is used as a switcher between Eola and Cicero yards.
  • @kentheld3733
    Just FYI, the Golden Swoosh was actually the second BNSF motor to receive the swoosh scheme. The first was 7687 and it wears a black swoosh outlined in gold. 7701 was the third and final test unit for the swoosh scheme which ultimately led to BNSF applying the black swoosh on all new orders of locomotives. So yes 7695 is for sure a one-of-a-kind.
  • @Ozarkrailfanprod8098
    Let’s not bring up 1050 as I’ve missed it lead 2 times, and missed it trailing too
  • @user-qu7jc8ht5q
    I grew up seeing the cascade green. Saw them slowly lose out to the new orange ones. The green was the forever classic to me
  • @dj196301
    Your videos are outstanding for a bunch of reasons. Pace, music. Top drawer!