Yellow Swoosh BNSF 7695 at Commerce

[erielackawanna]

Saw yellow swoosh BNSF ES44DC #7695 at Commerce. Unit was facing west and sandwiched by units on either side of it, but there was a clean shot from the platform.

[orange choo choo]

Good eye, I keep forgetting to look out for those.

[erielackawanna]

Actually, I only realized it after I was standing there for about 15 minutes... Wasn't even going to shoot it until I saw that.

Been playing Mr. Mom for a few hours or would have posted earlier.

[penguingeneral]

Cool!

[SLOCONDR]

Okay, so I am new to RR'ing, so tell me what is a "yellow swoosh?.

[orange choo choo]

Normally, the "BNSF" on the sides are black but the company did a couple test versions in yellow.

[MrMRL]

(01-08-2012 04:56 PM)SLOCONDR Wrote:  Okay, so I am new to RR'ing, so tell me what is a "yellow swoosh?.

BNSF's current logo consists of a bold, black "BNSF" with a long black wedge or "swoosh" underneath. In 2005 when BNSF's corporate image deciders were still finalizing the company's new 10 year logo, they applied a few test logos to then brand new ES44DCs. One 'Gevo', BNSF 7695 received a near solid yellow BNSF wedge logo keeping the color style more aligned with the then prevalent Heritage II logos on late order Dash 9s, and some first order ES44DCs. Ultimately, the decision was made to go with black logos instead, which stood out more against the orange locomotive paint. The swoosh term was coined by railfans comparing the new BNSF wedge logo to Nike's swoosh logo.

Photos of BNSF 7695...
http://www.locophotos.com/Search.php?Sea...rch=Search
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPic...x?id=38620

And BTW... BNSF 7695 is now headed eastbound, 3rd out in a 5 unit consist on a Q-LACFTM stack train early this afternoon.

Mr. MRL

[orange choo choo]

(01-08-2012 05:37 PM)MrMRL Wrote:  

(01-08-2012 04:56 PM)SLOCONDR Wrote:  Okay, so I am new to RR'ing, so tell me what is a "yellow swoosh?.

BNSF's current logo consists of a bold, black "BNSF" with a long black wedge or "swoosh" underneath. In 2005 when BNSF's corporate image deciders were still finalizing the company's new 10 year logo, they applied a few test logos to then brand new ES44DCs. One 'Gevo', BNSF 7695 received a near solid yellow BNSF wedge logo keeping the color style more aligned with the then prevalent Heritage II logos on late order Dash 9s, and some first order ES44DCs. Ultimately, the decision was made to go with black logos instead, which stood out more against the orange locomotive paint. The swoosh term was coined by railfans comparing the new BNSF wedge logo to Nike's swoosh logo.

Photos of BNSF 7695...
http://www.locophotos.com/Search.php?Sea...rch=Search
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPic...x?id=38620

And BTW... BNSF 7695 is now headed eastbound, 3rd out in a 5 unit consist on a Q-LACFTM stack train early this afternoon.

Mr. MRL

Much better explanation than mine

[erielackawanna]

I was going to chime in, but Mr. Mister L explained it absolutely perfectly.

[kenszok]

A shot of the beast when it was ready to depart Fullerton with ATSF 3751 after being on display for Fullerton Railroad Days 2005.