how about the "worst" paint shemes
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
He has a favorite? I wouldn't have guessed.......his selections make sense though now that you look at them
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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.
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yea but ya gotta admit that bright white hood and red cab looked good when fresh....until the dirt hid the large black letters..
i hate the interstate and the infernal combustion engine
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Agreed Gov Crappo
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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.CB&Q's gray 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.Belt Railway of Chicago's gray/yellow/black/white? scheme
Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
My vote is for this thing
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 888&nseq=2
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 888&nseq=2
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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....
i hate the interstate and the infernal combustion engine
nothing is sweeter then the smell of coalsmoke in the morning
"hey are you waiting for a train too?"
nothing is sweeter then the smell of coalsmoke in the morning
"hey are you waiting for a train too?"
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Hey, it's Thomas the tank engine or one of his friends
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
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.
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
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.
-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.
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
Man those are some of the best looking commuter trains I think. Ride the Wave Chris, Ride the Wave is there saying.Chrisracer8903 wrote:-Seattle Sounder Commuter Railroad
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
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......
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I agree and since this thread isn't about the best paint schemes, I'll say no more.UncleRaul wrote:Red and Silver SF isn't THAT bad......
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Brandon
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
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
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
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.
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Yeah, the Red/ Silver Warbonnet is pretty nice. It has to be (If not) the most famous paint scheme in the world.UncleRaul wrote:Red and Silver SF isn't THAT bad.....
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!
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
How about the original Auto Train scheme??
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Agreed.leo28150 wrote:How about the original Auto Train scheme??
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Re: how about the "worst" paint shemes
^= Sex on wheels! I LOVE THOSE POS GE UNITS WITH NASTY PAINT SCHEMES! OH YEAH!
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That Auto Train scheme makes it look like they were built using Legos.