TV's "Monk" and hidden BNSF logos

[Ralph]

My wife was watching that episode and I walked into the room during that scene. I noticed the lettering too. My wife, not a model railroader and not into real trains, said immediately "the shot just before the train hit him, the tracks looked all dilapidated" The shot she was referencing was a look down the center of a set of rails which looked like they would have a 5 mph limit, and was presumably thru the eyes of the suspect. The cop calls out to him, he turns and gets smacked by a speeding train!

You're right, the tracks were definitely in rough shape but the loco that hit the suspect came fast out of nowhere!

It's interesting that BNSF is very recognizable anyway, negating the need for "product placement".

Right, part of the so called "swoosh" was visible and the locomotives were either former SF blue and yellow or else the current BNSF pumpkin. Anyone vaguely familiar with the road would recognise it.

Ralph