More Class 1 Paint Scheme Dislocation

[Big Boy Forever]

Here are some Santa Fe painted diesels working in Virginia not owned by Santa Fe but belonging to GE and leased by CSX.

More reason for mixing locomotives of different paint schemes in areas which would not make sense but do make sense.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=486229&nseq=17

[jrbernier]

  That is not unusual.   BN returned some SD40-2 locomotives when the lease expired.  They later needed to lemp lease some power, and leased the same engines back on  a short term lease(still with BN paint).  GE Capital Rail Services is a big into the leasing of freight cars and locomotives(both EMD and GE).  Many times they just get a 'patch' stencil with the new ownership info(GECX) and hit the road.

Jim

[Big Boy Forever]

jrbernier

  That is not unusual.   BN returned some SD40-2 locomotives when the lease expired.  They later needed to lemp lease some power, and leased the same engines back on  a short term lease(still with BN paint).  GE Capital Rail Services is a big into the leasing of freight cars and locomotives(both EMD and GE).  Many times they just get a 'patch' stencil with the new ownership info(GECX) and hit the road.

Jim

 

good info. That's what I've been trying to find out. the leasing company GE didn't even bother to paint over the Santa Fe lettering, and I didn't see any patch there.

On a model RR: you have a shortline RR and are buying (hypothetically) older locos from class 1s due to financial savings. Where would you put the patch on the loco body, and in what type of a graphic, (i've seen just black rectangle) and would you have to blank out the old class 1 company name?

[cv_acr]

Generally you'd paint over the old owner's logos, but I've seen it where they haven't, and an engine runs on a shortline still in the full colours and lettering of the older owner but with the new reporting marks on the cab below the number.