At This Point, Just Repaint It - a photo on Flickriver

            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.

This particular locomotive is a unique case in the way of paint, however. 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
   

Taken in: United States / Texas / Sealy (show map)

Taken on: September 6, 2024

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Sets appears in: • BNSF Galveston Sub

Camera: Nikon D750, f/5.0, 1/200 sec, 44mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	44mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.5.1 (Windows)
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