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EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - upnick - 04-03-2009
Hi All,
A buddy of mine would like to know if Burlington Northern ever ran the EMDE6A in their paint as it could be a repaint for him after a search he has come up with nothing any pictures of them if they exist would be welcome ...
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - Ralph - 04-03-2009
After some searching of E6's I thought to try BN rosters. I see some E7's and E9s but no E6.
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Ralph
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - Bob C - 04-03-2009
How about CB&Q in an E-5A (close on the looks) - http://www.kanava-shopping.com/7351010.html ? Am guessing you didn't want BN, as most of the E's except 8s/9s I think, would have been traded/sold/scrapped by 1970. Hope the pic helps. Bob C.
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - upnick - 04-04-2009
Hi Ralph/Bobc.
Many thanks for the information
the links and pictures are most welcome thank you shame BN ddnt do the E6's
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - Russ Bellinis - 04-04-2009
Most railroads in the U.S. have not bothered to preserve their past. Some donated obsolete steam engines to municipalities to put in parks. The Santa Fe donated a steam engine to almost every town served on the line when they scrapped out steam, but since much of the Santa Fe territory is in "tornado alley," many of those locomotives had their boilers filled with concrete to keep them from blowing away. As a result, a lot of the ex Santa Fe steam engines on display in parks can't be restored. Diesels were a different story. At the time the first generation diesels started to be phased out, nobody cared what happened to them. I think also the E-5's and 6's were victims of WW2. I think they were at best interim models prior to production of the E8s and E9s. It made sense for EMD to save money by using a common cab and short hood on both the E and the F units, so the earlier E's had short production runs, I think. I may be mistaken, but I don't think there were a lot of E6s made.
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - doctorwayne - 04-04-2009
There's an E-5A at the Illinois Railway Museum, in CB&Q paint.
Check the roster list, under "Internal Combustion Locomotives" - click on 9911A for a photograph.
Wayne
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - Ralph - 04-04-2009
I think its still worth painting the E6 in a "what if?" BN scheme!
Ralph
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - doctorwayne - 04-04-2009
I may be mistaken, but I believe that the E-6s were similar to the E-5s: mostly unpainted stainless steel. A BN logo on the nose would just about do it.
Wayne
Re: EMD E6A in Burlington paint ? - upnick - 04-04-2009
Yeah i have suggested a what if scheme ..........
i need to do an E6 unit in U.P. San Francisco paint :mrgreen: