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whats your fav color train engine

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Anonymous
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whats your fav color train engine
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2004 3:00 PM
whats your fav color train engine
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Roadtrp
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Posted by Roadtrp on Friday, May 21, 2004 3:03 PM
Green -- I loved the old Burlington Northern Green.
-Jerry
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2004 3:04 PM
Reading & Northern green and Conrail blue.
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Posted by AggroJones on Friday, May 21, 2004 5:56 PM
Black. The color of most steam locomotives!

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Posted by CP5415 on Friday, May 21, 2004 6:00 PM
What happened to RED? CP all the way!
How about maroon?

Gordon [:)]

Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!

K1a - all the way

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2004 7:18 PM
White, for the CB&Q's F units, but they had red pinstripes around them, so I'll have to say Red and White.
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Posted by egmurphy on Friday, May 21, 2004 7:28 PM
I'm with Aggro. BLACK. Like the color of steam engines, coal, oil, ash (okay, so it's gray), grease, freshly creosoted ties (close enough to call it black), did I mention steam locomotives........

Colors?? We don't need no stinking colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2004 7:30 PM
Black with white.
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FThunder11
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Posted by FThunder11 on Friday, May 21, 2004 8:37 PM
Acela Express silver
Kevin Farlow Colorado Springs
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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Friday, May 21, 2004 8:37 PM
Black and yellow. Like Clinchfield or SCL.

Black and white. Like Southern or N&W


Larry

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2004 8:45 PM
good ole CNW yellow and green
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2004 9:31 PM
BLACK! for Black Sabbath! (thats not really the reason)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2004 10:01 PM
Blue & yellow and red & silver - Santa Fe
Gray & red - Southern Pacifc
Black & orange - Rio Grande
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Posted by METRO on Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:00 AM
Kelly Green and White - GO Transit
Maple Red and Dominion Gold - Canadian Pacific
Pacemaker Red, Two-Tone Gray and Imperial Black - New York Central
Royal Blue, Capitol Gray and Delux Gold - Baltimore And Ohio

Those would have to be my favoirte paint jobs, and since my girlfriend Mel is here her's are:

20th Century Blue and Two Tone Gray- New York Central
Maple Red and Dominion Gold - Canadian Pacific
Alpert Orange - New Haven
Plantinum Mist, Dark Sky Blue, and Reflex Red - Amtrak Phase 5
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:46 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

White, for the CB&Q's F units, but they had red pinstripes around them, so I'll have to say Red and White.


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BLASPHEMER! [:0]

They're not white, they're gray.

Why do ya think they're called "Graybacks"? [;)]

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Posted by philnrunt on Saturday, May 22, 2004 3:11 AM
Chessie was never my favorite but one sunny day in the late 70's(?) a FRESHLEY painted B23 rolled by pulling a worktrain, that was the best looking engine I've ever seen.
And while I hated them while growing up, PC and NW black now hold a special place in my heart.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 22, 2004 9:46 PM
Sorry , I couldn't vote since there wasn't a check-box for Harvest Gold and Pine Green
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:20 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy

QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

White, for the CB&Q's F units, but they had red pinstripes around them, so I'll have to say Red and White.


HERE'S NUMBER 600!!!:

BLASPHEMER! [:0]

They're not white, they're gray.

Why do ya think they're called "Graybacks"? [;)]




Oh, come on, it's at least whitish-gray![;)]

How about red, black, gray, and yellow, which all went into the "Blackbird" scheme?
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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:36 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy

QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

White, for the CB&Q's F units, but they had red pinstripes around them, so I'll have to say Red and White.


HERE'S NUMBER 600!!!:

BLASPHEMER! [:0]

They're not white, they're gray.

Why do ya think they're called "Graybacks"? [;)]




Really? I thought they were white. Ya learn somthin' new every day.....

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