how about the "worst" paint shemes

MIGN-Todd · Unread post by **MIGN-Todd** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:20 pm

He has a favorite? I wouldn't have guessed.......his selections make sense though now that you look at them

Unread post by **AARR** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:59 am

From a practical point of view I think any railroad that painted their roster white or light gray or yellow, etc. probably didn't intend to keep their fleet real clean for long. Those SOO units come to mind as looking the dirtiest.

Gov. Crappo · Unread post by **Gov. Crappo** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:59 pm

yea but ya gotta admit that bright white hood and red cab looked good when fresh....until the dirt hid the large black letters..

Unread post by **AARR** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:42 am

Agreed Gov Crappo

GTW6401 · Unread post by **GTW6401** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:10 pm

CB&Q's gray scheme

Now your just being lame. CB&Q is my number one fallen flag, always has been. The engines were gray to match the passenger cars man.

Belt Railway of Chicago's gray/yellow/black/white? scheme

Youre killing me with that one. I love seeing the BRC at Clearing Yard. I also thought the Red, white and blue on the 534 looked sharp.

SD40-2 · Unread post by **SD40-2** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:38 pm

My vote is for this thing
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 888&nseq=2

Gov. Crappo · Unread post by **Gov. Crappo** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:47 pm

SD40-2 wrote:My vote is for this thing
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 888&nseq=2

realy??

...not that different from Southerns Cresent...which most think was ok to awesome...i personally think steam locomotives are best in stove-polish black..

are locomotives different then race cars?.....stockcar (NASCAR) drivers are superstious about green painted race cars and ya realy dont see to many green locomotives....

Unread post by **AARR** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:03 pm

Hey, it's Thomas the tank engine or one of his friends

Todd Cline · Unread post by **Todd Cline** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:36 am

I'd have to put up for consideration the Amtrak GG-1's in their "BOZO THE CLOWN" paint scheme. I love the 1970's, but that's one thing I can do without.

Todd

Racer · Unread post by **Racer** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:30 am

I would say I dislike these the most:

-Canadian Pacific's Maroon/ Gray era.

-BNSF Heritage 3. It shows no symbol of Santa Fe or Burlington Northern like Heritage 1 did.

-New York Central.

-HLCX blue/ purple schemes.

-Penn Central green.

-Atlantic Coast Line. The purple and silver are bad colors for railroad equipment.

-Seattle Sounder Commuter Railroad

-All Clinchfield paint schemes. They all looked un-inspiring.

BB · Unread post by BB » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:12 am

Chrisracer8903 wrote:-Seattle Sounder Commuter Railroad

Man those are some of the best looking commuter trains I think. Ride the Wave Chris, Ride the Wave is there saying.

UncleRaul · Unread post by **UncleRaul** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:15 am

I've always liked the mint green/white BN scheme, probably because that's the color of the caboose at Thompsonville. Red and Silver SF isn't THAT bad......

BB · Unread post by BB » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:27 am

UncleRaul wrote:Red and Silver SF isn't THAT bad......

I agree and since this thread isn't about the best paint schemes, I'll say no more.

hobojim · Unread post by **hobojim** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:04 pm

I will repeat the worst ever is the SP-SF red/yellow aborted, xxx color rated paint jobs. If they had ever put them on a passenger train, it would have looked liked a rolling brothel

sd70accsxt700 · Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:02 pm

Why does everyone keep beating up on the ACL? That has to be almost my second best paint on a loco. That was not that bad.

Racer · Unread post by **Racer** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:33 pm

UncleRaul wrote:Red and Silver SF isn't THAT bad.....

Yeah, the Red/ Silver Warbonnet is pretty nice. It has to be (If not) the most famous paint scheme in the world.

In addition to my list above, I would also say all the EMD Demonstrator paint schemes such as the SD40-2 and SD70Mac are pretty ugly paint schemes. The red/ purple shaded color with silver and white just doesn't work. I sure as hell hope W&LE paints over the W&LE 6381 that still wears that EMD scheme. I don't want to see it anymore through here on K388/ K389!

leo28150 · Unread post by **leo28150** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:50 pm

How about the original Auto Train scheme??

SD80MAC · Unread post by **SD80MAC** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:37 pm

leo28150 wrote:How about the original Auto Train scheme??

Agreed.

CERY · Unread post by **CERY** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:26 pm

^= Sex on wheels! I LOVE THOSE POS GE UNITS WITH NASTY PAINT SCHEMES! OH YEAH!

pbmaxno15 · Unread post by **pbmaxno15** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:35 pm

That Auto Train scheme makes it look like they were built using Legos.

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