What is your favorite paint scheme from the 50's.

[Anonymous]

Missouri Pacific Blue and Grey, ATSF Warbonnet, Pennsy tuscan with five stripes, New York Central lightning stripes, and (pardon me, please)Allen McClellend's V&O Blue.

Ed

[AltonFan]

GM&O red and maroon
CGW red and maroon
CRI&P red and black

[jamesedwbradley]

Two criteria: (1) Favorite roads (2) Geographical relevance.
For (1) ERIE Green/Grey, DL&W Maroon/Grey, NEW HAVEN script w/green.gold, D&H Bottle green/Cream, B&O Royal Blue/Grey, ACL Purple/Gold.
For (2) SEABOARD 'citrus' scheme, SP Red/Orange 'sunset', MONON's college colors - 2 schemes, RF&P Blue/Grey, C&O Blue/Grey + Univ. of Michigan, MoPAC/T&P 'Eagle',
D&RGW Silver/Gold 'mining country', GN Big Sky Blue.
Might-have been: (1) ATSF Warbonnet should have had red/yellow stripes extended along bottom of streamlined cars; they actually did that with Valley Flyer heavyweights. Blue lettering would have helped, too. (2) NYC would have looked great with addition of lemon yellow window band to the grey scheme.
James E. Bradley N.R.H.S.

[BOODA3D]

Black, silver, red, and orange of the SP's "Black Widow" paint scheme
followed by SPs Daylight.

Uggh to the Bloody nose scheme of SP that began in late 50s.

[douginut]

The teal with salmon stripes of the CNS&M Electroliner
The CNW 400
The Panama Limited Chocolate brown
The California Zephyr from Burlington to DRGW to WP. nice.
Doug, in Utah

[Anonymous]

They called it the bloody nose for a reason.

[ben13]

SP daylight
NYC Xplorer talgo scheme

[Anonymous]

Although I was not born until 1964, my favorites (from photos) are in order:
1. Great Northern
2. SP Daylight
3. NP 'Pine Tree' freight scheme
4. PRR Tuscan Red w/5 stripes
5. Santa Fe Warbonnet

[464484]

New Haven Green & Gold
New Haven McGinnis Red, White, Black.
Canadian Pacific Grey, Maroon, Black, Gold.
Illinois Central

[siberianmo]

Just one? Can't do that ....... have several!

Pennsylvania Railroad's tuscan red and 5 stripes .....
New York Central's dark grey/light grey with lightning bolt........
New Haven's orange/black/white ..........
Santa Fe's Chief in red ..........
Canadian Pacific's maroon/grey w/beaver herald.......
etc.......![;)]

[Anonymous]

I'd say

Canadian National maple Leaf scheme
Canadian Pacific
ATSF
CB&Q
B&O

[CFournier]

I like the Western Pacific's Zephyr orange and silver,
Of course the Santa Fe Warbonnet, and
SP's Black Widow,
Chris

[trolleyboy]

I like the grand old scheme Canadian Pacifics Maroon & Grey. Rob

[Anonymous]

Wow, there were so many great paint scheme's in the 1950's. I'll have to name the railroad whose track I had to cross to go to school. The B&O. I loved the Blue and Gray! The other paint scheme I took a strong liking to, thanks to American Flyer, was the "North Coast Limited." ( I'd like to give honorable mention to the other Railroads that effected my interest in railroading as a youngster the N&W, PRR, and C&O!) [:)]

[lonewoof]

1: Southern green & imitation aluminum;
2: ACL purple & silver;
3: Seaboard black & yellow

[ragnar]

Great Northen
Burlington

[Anonymous]

Black. Also for the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's...

[upchuck]

ERIE

[nickinwestwales]

Ontario Northland original diesel scheme-yellow and green body separated by red pinstripes,yellow banding around lower nose,silver grilles....distinct improvement over the chevron and O.N.Rail schemes!!!

[Anonymous]

I'm sort of partial to the WM's black with yellow speed lettering since I worked there in the 50's. Sort of blah but it was home to me. [C):-)]

[route_rock]

Well everyone has some great ones in here I will add a few. Rock Island Pass and Steam scheme ( red, black and white wings) Wabash for sure, SP Black Widow, But my all time favorite Locomotive color.... basic grimy sooty black [:D]

[METRO]

NYC Lightning Stripe
CP Maroon and Grey
CN Maple leaf

[slotracer]

1.....DL&W Passenger Scheme
2.....DL&W Gray and Maroon freight scheme
3.....NYC Black and Gray Lightning Stripes

[Torpedo]

Warbonnet! Santa Fe Superchief all the way!

[Gunns]

AT&SF big, huge and All Black, at least on the front end.......
Gunns

[agentatascadero]

I must be the only one who thought of the train, not the locomotive. For locos, there is simply none better than the classic Warbonnet. As an SP guy, I'm partial to the Daylight and Black Widow, and Honorable mention to the elegant PRR Cat Whiskers, and NYC Lightening Stripes. All stainless trains cannot make the list...no paint. My painted favorites are SP Daylight, GN green/orange, IC chocolate/orange, and CN two-tone green.

[Anonymous]

Many were good, even great but for simple elegance UPs Yellow Grey and red gets my vote.

[alstom]

Northern Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie Railroad
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Bessemer & Lake Erie

[Anonymous]

AT&SF classic Warbonnet;

Pennsy's "Tuscan Red," especially with the delicate pinstriping on that line's GG-1 electric locos; and on Nofolk & Western's (New York) Washington-Birmingham line in conjunction with their built-in-Roanoke Class J steamers; and

New York, New Haven and Harford's vertical "N/H." Was this another Loewy design?

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

New Haven's N-over-H was definitely not a Raymond Loewy design, it was much too gari***o have come from him.

The black-orange-white with N-over-H of New Haven and the blue-black-white with intertwined BM of Boston and Maine were the product of Patrick McGinniss's presidency on each of those roads. Reportedly, each of those designs were concocted by his wife.