QUOTE: Originally posted by kolechovski I'd love to have it in Conrail paint
QUOTE: Originally posted by kolechovski I'd love to have it in Conrail paint...those Big Blues are disappearing quickly!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear Looks like an old friend. Anyone got the original Conrail number? LC
QUOTE: Originally posted by dwil89 QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear Looks like an old friend. Anyone got the original Conrail number? LC 3388 was originally Conrail 6455 built 10/78 Dave Williams
QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Those guys at Juniata really only used blue for a short time. PRR used black (with a tiny amount of green), Penn Central used Black, early Conrail was black ... It's lucky that CSX didn't get the old Pennsy, all that yellow (and for a while grey) would be distracting! Peter
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Originally posted by oltmannd The best part of the NS scheme, IMHO, is the speed stripes on the nose logo. Looks like it was designed to fit on the nose of the locomotive. The absence of a good "nose logo" was the worst thing about the blue Conrail scheme. I'd bet that white frame stripe that is part of the NS scheme came from Juniata. I don't thnk NS believed a solid strip would stay put for the life of the paint job until the CR guys showed them some they had been there for 10 years. Yeah...Somewhere around the early to mid 1990's, Conrail added the white frame stripe to locomotives, probably around the same time that they added 'Conrail Quality' to the logo. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown David J. Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown Reply oltmannd Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: Atlanta 11,971 posts Posted by oltmannd on Thursday, December 2, 2004 10:40 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by dwil89 Originally posted by oltmannd The best part of the NS scheme, IMHO, is the speed stripes on the nose logo. Looks like it was designed to fit on the nose of the locomotive. The absence of a good "nose logo" was the worst thing about the blue Conrail scheme. I'd bet that white frame stripe that is part of the NS scheme came from Juniata. I don't thnk NS believed a solid strip would stay put for the life of the paint job until the CR guys showed them some they had been there for 10 years. Yeah...Somewhere around the early to mid 1990's, Conrail added the white frame stripe to locomotives, probably around the same time that they added 'Conrail Quality' to the logo. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown 1990, to be exact. C40-8W 6050 was the first to get it as built at Erie. Juniata started repaints shortly thereafter. It preceded the Quality scheme by about a year. Here it is at Erie before they put the front stripe on: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=19888 Here some "sisters" http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=17779 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=9136 -Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/) Reply dwil89 Member sinceJanuary 2004 From: NY 913 posts Posted by dwil89 on Thursday, December 2, 2004 4:15 PM Well, as long as NS stays as NS, and doesn't merge with another Class 1.....Of course, if the long running joke...BNSF= Buy Norfolk Southern Fast ever became reality, Heritage 2 paint would look interesting on the Altoona SD40-2 Helper Pool.....BNSF power runs through Altoona alot already as trailing units on freight traffic. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown David J. Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown Reply adrianspeeder Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Harrisburg PA / Dover AFB DE 1,482 posts Posted by adrianspeeder on Thursday, December 2, 2004 4:41 PM That a sharp lookin loco. Of course im partial to black diesels :p Adrianspeeder USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman Reply dwil89 Member sinceJanuary 2004 From: NY 913 posts Posted by dwil89 on Thursday, December 2, 2004 5:12 PM It appears that the SD40-2's must be getting repainted when they go to Juniata for major work, or for 92 day inspections. The pace seems to be picking up on the repainting of these units...I am curious as to how long it takes on average, from the time a rusty, grungy SD40-2 pulls up to the paint shop, until it emerges with fresh paint. It would appear that the locomotive would have to be washed, de-greased, sanded, puttied, and prepped. How much time is involved in all the prep work, before shooting it with fresh paint? Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown David J. Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by dwil89 Originally posted by oltmannd The best part of the NS scheme, IMHO, is the speed stripes on the nose logo. Looks like it was designed to fit on the nose of the locomotive. The absence of a good "nose logo" was the worst thing about the blue Conrail scheme. I'd bet that white frame stripe that is part of the NS scheme came from Juniata. I don't thnk NS believed a solid strip would stay put for the life of the paint job until the CR guys showed them some they had been there for 10 years. Yeah...Somewhere around the early to mid 1990's, Conrail added the white frame stripe to locomotives, probably around the same time that they added 'Conrail Quality' to the logo. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown 1990, to be exact. C40-8W 6050 was the first to get it as built at Erie. Juniata started repaints shortly thereafter. It preceded the Quality scheme by about a year. Here it is at Erie before they put the front stripe on: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=19888 Here some "sisters" http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=17779 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=9136 -Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/) Reply dwil89 Member sinceJanuary 2004 From: NY 913 posts Posted by dwil89 on Thursday, December 2, 2004 4:15 PM Well, as long as NS stays as NS, and doesn't merge with another Class 1.....Of course, if the long running joke...BNSF= Buy Norfolk Southern Fast ever became reality, Heritage 2 paint would look interesting on the Altoona SD40-2 Helper Pool.....BNSF power runs through Altoona alot already as trailing units on freight traffic. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown David J. Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown Reply adrianspeeder Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Harrisburg PA / Dover AFB DE 1,482 posts Posted by adrianspeeder on Thursday, December 2, 2004 4:41 PM That a sharp lookin loco. Of course im partial to black diesels :p Adrianspeeder USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman Reply dwil89 Member sinceJanuary 2004 From: NY 913 posts Posted by dwil89 on Thursday, December 2, 2004 5:12 PM It appears that the SD40-2's must be getting repainted when they go to Juniata for major work, or for 92 day inspections. The pace seems to be picking up on the repainting of these units...I am curious as to how long it takes on average, from the time a rusty, grungy SD40-2 pulls up to the paint shop, until it emerges with fresh paint. It would appear that the locomotive would have to be washed, de-greased, sanded, puttied, and prepped. How much time is involved in all the prep work, before shooting it with fresh paint? Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown David J. Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by oltmannd The best part of the NS scheme, IMHO, is the speed stripes on the nose logo. Looks like it was designed to fit on the nose of the locomotive. The absence of a good "nose logo" was the worst thing about the blue Conrail scheme. I'd bet that white frame stripe that is part of the NS scheme came from Juniata. I don't thnk NS believed a solid strip would stay put for the life of the paint job until the CR guys showed them some they had been there for 10 years. Yeah...Somewhere around the early to mid 1990's, Conrail added the white frame stripe to locomotives, probably around the same time that they added 'Conrail Quality' to the logo. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown
USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
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