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F40PH Ideas

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Posted by RailEagle on Saturday, February 23, 2019 10:53 AM

gmpullman

 

 
RailEagle
I will take any ideas on how to spruce it up.

 

Kool-Aid? Coors Beer, Diet Pepsi?

 

https://www.rapidotrains.com/f40ph-2d-master-class/

The options are limitless!

Ed

 

MicroTrains should get on that ASAP! 

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Posted by RailEagle on Saturday, February 23, 2019 10:51 AM

I knew about the VIA but I did not know that CN owned one. Thanks!

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Saturday, February 23, 2019 6:49 AM

That's a neat train Maxman.

After a recent inventory check, I don't believe how many these I have aquired.  Mostly Bachmann Spectrum, but also a couple of Walthers.

The spectrum models aren't the easiest to convert to DCC because of the split frame thing.  I haven't done any of them yet!

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Posted by maxman on Friday, February 22, 2019 11:27 PM
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Posted by steemtrayn on Friday, February 22, 2019 9:28 PM

Image result for metro north f40ph

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Posted by steemtrayn on Friday, February 22, 2019 9:27 PM

 

 

Image result for metro north f40ph

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Posted by nealknows on Friday, February 22, 2019 7:42 AM

Here's another idea for an F40PH. CSX Office Car train

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Posted by OldEngineman on Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:02 PM

It's nice to see those old F-40's still being used.

Back when I ran 'em, they all said "Amtrak" -- boring!

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Posted by steemtrayn on Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:54 PM

Image result for maine eastern railroad

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, February 21, 2019 7:04 PM

RailEagle
I will take any ideas on how to spruce it up.

Kool-Aid? Coors Beer, Diet Pepsi?

 

https://www.rapidotrains.com/f40ph-2d-master-class/

The options are limitless!

Ed

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:40 PM

RailEagle

Nice. Is FLNX 418 like a leaser or something?

 

Something similar. I believe it is the reporting marks used for the Mad River and NKP Museum in Bellevue Ohio. They use those markings for moving equipment and private cars. All railroads require ULMER reporting marks and those letters were chosed by one of the directors of the Museum.

I believe they were recently used for the move of the NKP 757 from Pennsylvania to Bellevue:

 NKP 783 by Todd Dillon, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed

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Posted by mbinsewi on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:36 PM

I guess if you have Googled and Googled, you've seen just about everything that I have seen.

Here's a CN used on the Agawa Canyon tours.

Here's a VIA

This is my favorite AMTRAK scheme,

I guess you'll just have to look around.

I read the only difference from the R and the regular F40PH is internal stuff, so nothing that shows, other than possibly the fuel tanl.

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Posted by RailEagle on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:11 PM

Nice. Is FLNX 418 like a leaser or something?

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:48 PM

How about Rock Island?

Or Ohio Railway Supply?

I just happened to have a spare Kato F40 that I'm going to paint up in a fooby Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway scheme for a friend. It will be patterned something like this:

 IMG_5189 by Edmund, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed

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F40PH Ideas
Posted by RailEagle on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:36 PM

I just got a new Amtrak Phase III F40PHR and I am looking for any ideas for a new prototypical paint scheme for it. I have googled and googled but have only found Amtrak and some commuter paint schemes. I will take any ideas on how to spruce it up. 

Thanks 

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