Any new Patrioitic engines this time?

[ndbprr]

Does anyone know if any of the railroads painted any special engines to honor the troops this time? I always though it was weird that a company like UP would paint an engine in camoflage. I can just hear some scumbag lawyer saying, "you painted a 200 ton locomotive so nobody could see it and then wondered why my client ran into it and suffered these greivous injuries?".

[Anonymous]

lol, never though about that potential problem! I'm vaguely looking out for one of the Athearn RTR SD40-2s in UP "Desert camo" livery, as my layout has non-desert scenery I guess it'll be ok!

[Anonymous]

There have been engine with flags on many railroads painted after 9/11. No engines have been painted for the war yet.

[Anonymous]

I'm wondering if it's a P.R. thing - a lot of people opposed the war (not me, I feel we did the right thing, Saddam was a murderer and dictator, but, I digress). RRs may have been worried that they would offend a lot of people by doing special repaints, and we've seen the damage these people can do if they get offended (anti-globalisation riots would be a good example, though again, I don't agree with the people who attend these!).

Apologies if I'm a little off-topic, I'm just suggesting a possible reason for the lack of special repaints for Gulf War 2!