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Post by Rob Albritton on May 5, 2018 16:31:28 GMT -5
BNSF will be included in the next production runs of: PS2 hoppers ACF 3-bay hoppers SD70ACe ES44 ... and a few other things ...
And we do still have SD75M BNSF in Heritage II in stock (4 road numbers)
Cheers! -Rob
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Post by cwrr on May 5, 2018 22:41:37 GMT -5
Seems like alot of the BNSF SD75M's are being painted into the "Simplified" orange/black scheme. I see them running between Seattle-Tacoma, Wa alot.
Maybe that scheme down the road, as BNSF is going to that paint style on they're older models as they are being repainted.
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Post by cwrr on May 5, 2018 22:45:54 GMT -5
Here's a string of older units this past winter at Auburn, Wa. Most are now painted in the "Simplified" scheme.
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Post by thad tabor on May 6, 2018 22:24:08 GMT -5
Want prototype photos? Once I figure all this technology out I'll up load till you eyes bleed... At least for BNSF or MRL... 1 I'm a postal carrier who's route is on the water pretty much between golden gardens and north cove. Just north of Seattle WA. I have a time share in Columbia falls MT. (Going there in three weeks) my retirement property in is philisburg MT. 20 miles south of MRL mainline... Every day on my route I see 3 or 4 to as much as 10 to 12 trains a day roll by...
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Post by dazed on May 7, 2018 8:49:15 GMT -5
I, too, have an extensive collection of BNSF research materials. (and also BN, ATSF, MKT, UP, and a few shortline/regionals, too) Personally have taken more than 20,000 photos over the past 15-20 years or so of active railfanning, and I have amassed a large stockpile of photos and other research from the web as well. Plenty of BNSF books, ORER's, etc. as well.
So now you have (at least) two (more?) good sources of information! No need to keep guessing on road numbers for ATSF covered hoppers, BN bethgons, et al.
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Post by thad tabor on May 9, 2018 20:14:05 GMT -5
Two things... No three things... 1 hopefully you guys actually do more BNSF runs... (I was afraid I'd die of old age) before I would be able to buy enough rolling stock for sizeable grain or coal train... 2 your SD 75 body and chassis is very close to do SD70 Mac BNSF has them in 4 schemes... K last of all try offering undecs's, micro train does... That way I could get out my air brush and hose out a whole fleet in a couple of weekends...
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Post by thad tabor on May 9, 2018 22:15:24 GMT -5
Also I have seen the old SD75 SF units painted in the orange and black dash scheme rolling through Montana as trailing units quite a bit over the last couple of years... A friend who's a HO modeler and engineer for the BNSF told me the differences of the old SF SD 70's and 75's. What ever it was. the SD70's were going to be treated like SD60's and not see much main line service.i.e. I see them in captive service moving garbage trains from north of Seattle to the sodo district just south of downntown Seattle...
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Post by dave on May 10, 2018 8:09:38 GMT -5
BNSF SD70MACS see plenty of service in Nebraska to this day hauling assorted freight and coal from the Powder River Basin. I was back there at the end of March and they were teamed up with AC4400's and other assorted locos. Attachments:
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Post by Commodore on May 13, 2018 17:32:09 GMT -5
Two things... No three things... 1 hopefully you guys actually do more BNSF runs... (I was afraid I'd die of old age) before I would be able to buy enough rolling stock for sizeable grain or coal train... 2 your SD 75 body and chassis is very close to do SD70 Mac BNSF has them in 4 schemes... K last of all try offering undecs's, micro train does... That way I could get out my air brush and hose out a whole fleet in a couple of weekends... Thanks for sharing this. I'm attacking the problem from a different angle (Trying to get a cure for aging through the USPTO). It will be quite a while before AZL will make over a hundred of any road ...
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Post by Rob Albritton on May 13, 2018 19:10:27 GMT -5
It will be quite a while before AZL will make over a hundred of any road ... Interesting comment. What's your source of information?
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Post by Commodore on May 14, 2018 7:45:23 GMT -5
"Google patent" search my name, you know it. First application was 2012, now in appeal. (BTW: Rd# was intended and not a personal slight.)
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Post by dazed on May 18, 2018 17:20:37 GMT -5
Speaking of BNSF, here's another run just released of a popular car from Full Throttle in case you missed it...
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Post by neverland on May 19, 2018 12:51:14 GMT -5
Well I will be able to have 30 plus inch radius track work which is much closer to prototype running. I also can run 60 to 80 car trains have them take up a whole scene on a layout. I want to model western Montana. Most layouts I've in N or HO scale have had to much compression to fit into a given space. Z scale has come a long way since I bought those 2 rogue GP 38-2 17 years ago. Also... Do the MTL SD 40-2's run very well with AZL 6 axel locomotives? I get that. I have a friend who's been encouraging me to move to N scale due to cost savings & larger selections, but I find that N takes up room that would be better served with landscaping features & structures, which I enjoy as much as I do running trains.
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Post by thad tabor on May 20, 2018 19:55:43 GMT -5
The problem thosr cars by full throttle. Are carrying gravel not coal on BNSF as I type this out. And there are only two numbers. Not exactly a whole train like you would see now days... Just saying TT
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Post by dazed on May 21, 2018 7:44:52 GMT -5
The problem thosr cars by full throttle. Are carrying gravel not coal on BNSF as I type this out. And there are only two numbers. Not exactly a whole train like you would see now days... Just saying TT In addition to gravel/ballast, they also carry petroleum coke, which in Z would look very much like the "coal" loads these cars have. And while not common, it isn't impossible to see them still carry coal on occasion as well. But yes, I agree it would be nice to have an alternative as I use these for MOW service as well. Only two numbers... Well, first of all they have done (at least) three other sets that are two-packs of each respective color. SO, two 2-packs of black cars and one 2-pack of red cars. (that I know of) So there are 8 numbers. Are we really in a spot in Z to get that nit-picky over numbers? If you want a unit trains worth, with 8 unique numbers you would really have to have someone with (a) eagle eyes, (b) card-counting ability, and (c) the gall to call you out on the fact that you have dupes. And if the issue is photos, having 8 numbers *should* have you in pretty good shape....getting a photo with more than 8 numbers that would be in focus in Z would be quite a feat. Also, you are rarely going to see a unit train of *just* these cars. They are almost universally mated up with many other types of hoppers or coal gons. Now, don't get me wrong, I like having multiple unique numbers too, but I just don't feel like it is even in the top 50 of issues we have in Z-scale right now. I would certainly rather see more variety of roadnames than any additional numbers for this scheme. Just on the 100-ton car alone, I would love to see the BNSF Circle Logo, BN Rotary scheme (multiple), GATX, alternate Santa Fe schemes (multiple), HLMX, et al. I do wish that Full Throttle would use a different formula/method of decoration so that it was easier to remove the lettering without pulling off paint. Granted, I have not tried any of the newer releases, but any of the tricks I have for successfully removing lettering on other manufacturers' cars always results in paint failure with the older Pennzee/Full Throttle cars I've attempted it on.
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