No, there were a number of locomotives ordered before the merger that were delivered in warbonnet with BNSF on the side right after.
Well, if memory serves, the 600's were delivered in late summer / early fall 1994 in Santa Fe while the 700's came after the 95 merger (I think maybe 1997?) and were lettered BNSF from the factory. The GP60M's, GP60B's and B40-8W's were all original Santa Fe.
Yup, 700s were bought new by BNSF. It's not every day you see a decent Fakebonnet in 2022, so front-coupled or not, here it is. Wearing the same number and paint she's worn the majority of her service life, BNSF 789, built in September 1997 chills on a spur track in downtown Minot on a frosty night.
From the site of the old tower at Soo Tower, we see a westbound pair waiting for a hot CP intermodal to pass. At left, a lowly S-train waiting to do setout work, and at right, a hot Q intermodal impatiently waiting for a signal. Just why did the wind need to blow some kid's swimming pool onto the Glasgow Sub main track?
Why is it this color combination seems to appear as though taking a real beating, versus the orange units? I understand the red oxidation, but the silver does not appear to have worn very well.
Sometimes I think some of these units were held down south along the old Santa Fe mainline across the Southwest, cause others look like brand new still, even though they've been around since the late 90's.... Like these I both found last week in S. Seattle.
