1) ACL purple and silver w/yellow trim; 2) GN orange and green; 3) EL maroon and gray. After that there are just too many other colorful postwar paint schemes to quantify easily.
An allied question you might want to consider a posting for: beginning in the late 50s, railroads began applying greatly simplified paint schemes to their diesels and passenger equipment, often one, solid color. What simplified paint scheme of that era and beyond did the greatest violence to the colorful paint scheme it replaced? My vote goes to Southern-controlled CofG, that abandoned perhaps the "busiest" postwar paint scheme of them all. Count 'em: there were six different colors on CG diesels! Blue, gray, black, orange, yellow, and white (counting the number on the nose). To go from that scheme to the uninspired Southern-style black was not, in my opinion, a case of merely settling for a drab, "plain Jane" color scheme (probably solely for the dubious purpose of saving money), but was an absolute abortion compared to the scheme it replaced. Shameful!
Golly gee whiz, how did the railroads ever do it in the age before computers or government "help"? (Then: they did it. Today: forget it!)
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Just about any post WWII paint scheme was terrific!
Some that come to mind are .... Texas Special (especially on the Katy PA's).... Santa Fe warbonnet or freight blue/yellow.... GN Empire Builder ....... B&O blue/gray ...... MILW pre-UP yellow ..... WP ...DRGW...... SOUTHERN Green ....... IC passenger... Orginal Rock Island.... SP Daylight......
OF COURSE: CB&Q silver passenger ...... CB&Q grayback freight.... CB&Q blackbird.... and later the CB&Q chinese red.
There are others.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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1: BN's Executive
2: UP Gray FEF's with WHITE lettering
CSX STEALTH for me, always loved that scheme.
also the dark? future is kinda cool
S.P./ Cotton belt.All colors!I be an S.P. nut!!!
JIM
#1 SP Black Widow
#2 SP Bloodynose
#3 SP Daylight
Sadly I have no pics of my GS4.
$4 SP tiger stripes
John
Big_Boy_4005 wrote:Here's one that I love, but I think it is more like MR's 75th Anniversary car, and a one of a kind paint job. Does anyone know how many were done?By the way, the other side is a standard CN gray with red.
That Canadian National Cylindrical Hopper scheme was from a series of 4 cars that CN painted in 1971. Only one side of one car was painted. There is a G Scale Canadian Website with actual photos. Would have to search for it again. This CN Cylindrical Hopper model is a new release from LIONEL in O Scale in case anyone wonders.
These were the 4 Cars showing what they transported for an advertising campaign.
Mechanical Refrigerator with a Bull sectioned in many colors
Insulated Boxcar with a Large Apple and apple leaf
Plug-Door Newsprint Boxcar with the names of many Canadian Newspapers
Cylindrical Hopper with Pigment Formula and Spectrum of Colors.
Andrew
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The Soo Line Colormark Scheme Locomotives and Cars applied between 1962 to 1976.
The Soo Line used a combination of paint and 3M Scotchlite Reflective film to create their bold graphics.
Runner-Up: Chicago & North Western Zito Yellow locos and rolling stock
If it isn't obcious to everyone, My favorite Paint scheme is GN Big Sky Blue scheme of 1967-1970 vintage.
James
Although I'm a Purdue guy, I still liked the red and cream applied to the Monon F3s for passenger service. I was always partial to blue C&O Geeps with the yellow pin stripes, and the dark green with lightning stripe on the Indiana Harbor Belt switchers was cool.
Mike
Some really striking ones for me:
The original UP Armour Yellow and Brown scheme for their M-10000 and City of San Francisco trains.
The original Milwaukee Road Hiawatha orange and maroon scheme.
Great Northern Omaha Orange and green
Northern Pacific two-tone green.
Of course, SP's famous red/orange/black Daylight scheme.
SP's remarkable "Black Widow" scheme on their early diesels.
Rio Grande's handsome Grande Gold and Silver scheme.
Rio Grande's later black and orange on their later generaton diesels--man, that color scheme looked like it meant BUSINESS, LOL!
Burlington's steamers--silver smokebox/firebox, black boiler, red oxide cab roof and gold lettering. Talk about HANDSOME!
Tom
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I like the BNSF Heritage 2 and the new "Swoosh" looks. Also a fan of the CP Beaver pain, and the new basic CP paint. Ever since I got into model railroading I've liked the NS paint scheme. So basic and "fast" looking. Also, both of the SOO Line schemes that can be seen today are pretty cool.
As far as freight goes, I like the Railbox, boxcar yellow schemes and the Railgon paint schemes. The many different schemes of the Canadian hoppers cars, ex. the Alberta blue scheme.
My all time favorite the B&O blue/ gray:
WM Circus is not too shabby either:
And of course what I run the most:
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
As a kid in the 60s and 70s, as the Erie Lackawanna trains rolled by on the crossing near my house hauling all kinds of cars, my favorite was the blue Chessie cat painted on the yellow boxcars.
Always was and is my favorite. I managed to get a Lionel blue on yellow box car. I recently was able to add an N scale blue on yellow to my N scale trains. I hope to find the blue on yellow in HO so I can add it to my set and have one of each. I have an HO YELLOW on BLUE, but it's just not the same. Alas.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
For me it's a no brainer. The CPR's Tuscan Red Grey Yellow pinstripe scheme witht eh script lettering. The earlier block lettering is okay, but the script is a true classic. espeacially on the big six axles Alco M630's and 636's
Rob
My favorites are:
1. Santa Fe Warbonnet
2. Southern Pacific Black Widow
3. Southern Tuxedo
Historical: Rock Island maroon & yellow, followed closely by the more modern red & yellow scheme adopted in the 60's.
Current: The Iowa Interstate RR. Black body with yellow ends. A red stripe down the middle of the body, containing the railroad name in yellow lettering.
Factoid: Purportedly the IAIS colors are adapted from the school colors of Iowa's major state universities - Hawkeye black & gold (U of Iowa) with Cyclone crimson & gold (Iowa State).
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Modeling the fictional B&M Dowe, NH branch in the early 50's.
I'm kinda partial to the B&ML's black, red, & gold.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Belfast%20and%20Moosehead%20Lake/BMLNo-9.jpg
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The Milwuakee road's Hiawatha paint. The pre 1955 UP scheme. You can't go wrong with the orange, marroon, and black.
RedLeader wrote:AT&SF's red/yellow/silver warbonnet is by far the best, both in color composition and in meaning. You can't get any more streamlined than those PA/B's in the Ol' famous warbonnet with shiny silver cars. I've always thought that the red and yellow lines should have extended to the cars sides. That would have given a complete continuty to the color scheme (Just like Amtrack's Phase I, which by-the-way, is a great color scheme and no one seems to have noticed).I can't see anything beautiful (artistic) in Conrail's scheme, unless offcourse you love blue and the rr!
I'm with you 100 percent Redleader. The "Valley Flyer" did have the red and yellow stripes along the bottom of all the cars in the consist. I once spoke to the publisher of one of the major model railroad mags. and he said that every time he published an edition with a Santa Fe "War Bonnet" on the cover, they sold almost twice as many copies that month. My second favorite would be the Rio Grand in the yellow with black stripes and silver roof.
Dick
Texas Chief
1) Delaware and Hudson avon blue and yellow...Their avon blue is the nicest color in a RR scheme.
2) Chicago & North Western yellow & black...classy scheme
3) Western Maryland...classy railroad with a nice look
4) Norfolk & Western...like Penn State football uniforms, classic, basic and tough.