If I could ask one more favor, does anyone see a pic of a real #9370 SD70MAC in BNSF?? Wondering why they made a model with this number??
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Google BNSF 8197 if you want to see a truly unique paint scheme.
Long live the pumpkin.....eeeesh.
No such luck Joe....swafford nailed it.
Chris
Could BNSF 8197 have been delivered to the BN in the green and cream paint scheme then after the merger BNSF experimented by painting the cream sections orange? I believe those BN engines had the red pinstriping.
Originally Posted by coach joe:
Could BNSF 8197 have been delivered to the BN in the green and cream paint scheme then after the merger BNSF experimented by painting the cream sections orange? I believe those BN engines had the red pinstriping.
The images of 8197 is an example of the first, non-patch, pre-swoosh paint job.
Rusty
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Joe,
EMD started making SD70MAC's in November 1993; originally, they didn't come with the whisper/isolated cab; that became standard after 1995.
I have a picture of BNSF 9438, in the executive livery, in a locomotive reference book; that unit doesn't have an isolated cab. There is also a picture of BNSF 9850, wearing heritage two paint; this unit has an isolated cab.
"Nevertheless, the SD70MAC quickly established itself as EMD's A.C. standard. BN's landmark 350-unit order became the foundation of a BN/BNSF SD70MAC fleet that topped out at 786 units..."
The above quotation was taken from - LOCOMOTIVES - The Modern Diesel & Electric Reference, by Greg McDonnell.
There is a possibility that number(9370) was reassigned, to another unit.
Rick
Thanks to all. I would have guessed that it was a good road number at one time. I can't find anything that says the number was used. Maybe the model co just picked it then. They also painted their SD70MAC model in UP heritage colors later on.
The first photo linked was taken by a guy I know--Bryant Kayden. He lives in Brooten MN and is the pastor of the Lutheran church there.
Kent in SD
