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**Brad** is a tank engine who used to work on the BNSF Railway Company.

## Basis

Brad is based on a Furness Railway (FR) Class J1 2-4-2T. These were first built as the E1 class, an 'off the peg' Sharp, Stewart and Company design. In 1891, seven of these engines were rebuilt as tank engines under the supervision of Locomotive Superintendent Richard Mason and were reclassified as J1s. To suit branch line service, the frames were extended to carry a coal bunker, supported by a pair of trailing radial wheels while their tenders were replaced with side tanks, that combined had a capacity of one thousand gallons. The J1s did not originally have coal rails on their bunkers. The class members were withdrawn between 1919 and 1924. The real Parker J1 tank engines were all scrapped. Amethyst, Kurt, and Kyle are also members of this class.

Brad's liveries are based on paint schemes run by NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski on the number two Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series for Team Penske in 2019, 2020, and 2021. An unused concept also showed Brad wearing a livery based on a paint scheme run by Keselowski on the number six Ford Mustang for RFK Racing in 2022.

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## Livery

Like most of the BNSF Railway engines, Brad has worn multiple liveries.

His first and main livery features Brad painted white with dark blue lining. He has white wheels with navy rims and navy piston rods, bufferbeams, and footplate. He also has his number "2" on his bunker in navy with a red outline.

Brad was later seen painted black with yellow lining, wheels, piston rods, bufferbeams, and footplate. He also had his number "2" on his bunker in yellow.

Brad was later seen painted orange with dark blue lining. He had orange wheels with dark blue rims and dark blue piston rods, bufferbeams, and footplate. He also had his number "2" on his bunker in dark blue with a white outline.

Brad was also seen painted white with aqua green lining, wheels, piston rods, bufferbeams, and footplate. He also had his number "2" on his bunker in aqua green.

Brad was later also seen painted dark blue with yellow lining, wheels, piston rods, bufferbeams, and footplate. He also had his number "2" on his bunker in yellow.

Brad's sixth livery featured him painted blue with white lining. He also had his number "2" on his bunker in white.

In an unused concept, Brad was painted purple with yellow lining. He had purple wheels with yellow rims, yellow piston rods, and a yellow running board. He also had his number on his bunker in yellow with black and white outlines.

## Trivia

* Brad is based on NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski.
* When Brad Keselowski, the NASCAR driver Brad is based on, moved from the number 2 to the number 6 for the 2022 season, Jacobacranmer considered renumbering Brad to 6 to reflect this change. This idea was eventually scrapped due to Ryan already being the BNSF Railway's number 6.
	+ Brad is thus one of three BNSF Railway engines to have a number change considered following a team move by the NASCAR driver they are based on, with the other two being Alex and Kurt.

## References

**BNSF Railway Company**

**Black Characters**

**Blue Characters**