At This Point, Just Repaint It
The Warbonnet paint scheme is probably the coolest, most iconic paint scheme in railroad history. The Fakebonnet scheme, born of pragmatism, ended up being a nice nod from BNSF to the Santa Fe's legendary livery. However, nearly 30 years after the BNSF merger the faded red & silver look pretty bad, to put it kindly.
Here, BNSF 681 shows off its rotting paint while on assignment to the Sealy Local, working industries south of its namesake town on BNSF's Galveston Sub in southeast Texas. After working M-F this week, the locomotives get to take a nice rest for the weekend in the small yard at Sealy.
If you can get past the poor condition, this particular locomotive is actually a unique case in the way of paint. It was delivered in 1994 to the Santa Fe in the standard ATSF Warbonnet scheme, but received a fresh coat of Fakebonnet paint in the early 2000s. Since the Fakebonnet scheme was primarily applied to locomotives being delivered from the factory in 1996-1997, this may be the newest coat of Fakebonnet out there. Unfortunately, it's probably about time for a repaint.
L RDV1911 06I ("Sealy Local")
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #681
BNSF SD40-2 #1671
Sealy, TX
September 6th, 2024
At This Point, Just Repaint It
The Warbonnet paint scheme is probably the coolest, most iconic paint scheme in railroad history. The Fakebonnet scheme, born of pragmatism, ended up being a nice nod from BNSF to the Santa Fe's legendary livery. However, nearly 30 years after the BNSF merger the faded red & silver look pretty bad, to put it kindly.
Here, BNSF 681 shows off its rotting paint while on assignment to the Sealy Local, working industries south of its namesake town on BNSF's Galveston Sub in southeast Texas. After working M-F this week, the locomotives get to take a nice rest for the weekend in the small yard at Sealy.
If you can get past the poor condition, this particular locomotive is actually a unique case in the way of paint. It was delivered in 1994 to the Santa Fe in the standard ATSF Warbonnet scheme, but received a fresh coat of Fakebonnet paint in the early 2000s. Since the Fakebonnet scheme was primarily applied to locomotives being delivered from the factory in 1996-1997, this may be the newest coat of Fakebonnet out there. Unfortunately, it's probably about time for a repaint.
L RDV1911 06I ("Sealy Local")
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #681
BNSF SD40-2 #1671
Sealy, TX
September 6th, 2024