Starting in late 1984 BN debated making changes to the diagonal striped nose used on its engines since 1970. It came up with a design of the alternating black and orange nose stripes and cab face of orange. Because of the unique paint selection it acquired the Tiger Stripe nickname.

In late 1984, the BN commenced the High Visibility study which applied orange and black nose stripes and orange along the cab face on one locomotive followed by two new orders of locomotives: EMD SD40-2, EMD GP50, and EMD SD60 respectively.

White-Face Locomotives. The search to improve visibility continued in 1989 when BN returned to its traditional colors of green-black-white, and adopted the now familiar large BN logo on green nose and white cab face. The final version was complete with a white stripe area applied to the frame below the cab and radiator areas.

Why does orange creamsicles come to mind? A roster of the 3110 shows the large BN on the side of the locomotive. Further south also on 11-1-89 the 3110 is running wrong main through South Seattle to Black River where it will cross over to the southbound main.

I understand that Burlington Northern purchased a trio of standard cab SD60's in the 1980's. At the time they were numbered BN 8300/8301/8302. They wore the traditional BN green with orange/white "tiger stripe" colors on the nose and cab face. …

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A westbound Expiditer rolls past the yard on the main. The 3110 wears an experimental orange/white front. Photo Date: 8/11/1989 Upload Date: 12/20/2012 10:46:28 PM : Location: La Crosse, WI : Author: Stephen Borleske: Categories: Action: Locomotives: BN 3110(GP50) Views: 426 Comments: 0

2014年5月29日 · H1 has a thick orange stripe down the middle for the black lettering and just one yellow stripe between the orange stripe and the "dark Pullman Green" that is above and below the orange/yellow area. And it has the SantaFe cross logo on front but with the lettering of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.

In an effort to help reduce grade crossing accidents and be more visible to motorists, BN applied orange paint to the front of select locomotives. Due to the colors used, they were nicknamed “Tiger stripes” by railfans. This scheme was later revised to the “white face” scheme adopted in the early 1990’s. Road Number Specific Features ...

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