Favorite RR paint scheme

[jfugate]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith


Least favorite:

SP grey/red and covered in grime scheme

Well, you won't have to endure the SP scheme much longer. Now it will be armour yellow and grey covered in grime ... [;)]

[CBQ_Guy]

Well I shouldn't be admitting this but I voted for the Red Warbonnet scheme. There's just something inside me that reacts whenever I see a passenger train of old in this paint scheme and makes my little ol' heart go pitter patter.

[Anonymous]

MoPac Blue...That's the way it is for me!!

[AltonFan]

It has to be the Alton-GM&O red, maroon, and gold scheme. Dittos for the Chicago Great Western's red and maroon.

[randybc2003]

I spent a formative amount of my childhood in Alaska.

Alaska Railroad: A dark royal blue body, w/ gold window stripe. Same colors as the State flag. Check out :

http://www.alaskarails.org
http://www.alaskarails.org/fp/passenger/pass-retired/WG-5-seward.html
http://www.alaskarails.org/fp/passenger/pass-retired/TS-diner-10.html

This pattern is the "old" scheme. I remember when the cars said DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR on their letterboards. "modern" one has the body/stripe reversed. Oh well, it too doesn't look too bad!

http://www.alaskarails.org/fp/passenger/JC-200.jpg

Right behind this: Scarlet & Silver WARBONET
[C):-)]

[slotracer]

EL-DL&W......colorful but still "railroadlike" looked good dirty and clean, great in summer, winter and especially fall.

[RedLeader]

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!

[Anonymous]

You forgot the BEST one.......B&O grey & blue! What a classy scheme.

Also a good bet...........Reading F/FP/FA units in black with green!

Gotta mention the best looking GP ever....N&W Redbirds! Yeah!!!!

Roger

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005

I like a bunch of the choices on the list, and a bunch of others not listed, but I chose the orange and maroon of the Milwaukee Road as my favorite!

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 sir,is a cool paint job. Did you do that one yourself?
One of my pride and joys,is a 70 ton covered hopper(with open sides) built by ACF,
sub-leased to Boraxo,(GACX) I model in the 1950-1960 era.[:)]

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BRAKIE

To my mind R.J.Corman's locomotives has to be among the best color scheme I seen in may a day..Of course the C&O Blue and Yellow is tops for me.

The blue & yellow may have been a tad dull for some people,but for me it was one of the best sights to see. The B & O Capitol,Sunburst is very good also.[:)]

r.j.Cormnan's paint scheme is cool also. Living in the Louisville area, I get a chance to see them once in awhile.[:)]

And for info's sake, all my loco's on the mr are painted dark blue,with yellow cabs.[:)]

[Anonymous]

Ahh, Yes Those lightning stripes look grand!

[Anonymous]

D&H grey blue and yelllow

[Anonymous]

LV Cornell Red

[Anonymous]

My favorite is Santa Fe (go figure!!) of all types, but the D&RGW Speed Lettered is sharp, too.
Tim

[acpardo]

SANTA FE Warbonnet....

Adrian

[Anonymous]

I've always liked Chessie. unfortunatley I haven't seen a Chessie engine running here in Cincinnati for about 10 years[:(]

[Anonymous]

The SOO LINE hockey stick scheme was my favorite. But I'd have to admit , Those War Bonnets of the SantaFe sure are something.

[Big_Boy_4005]

I like a bunch of the choices on the list, and a bunch of others not listed, but I chose the orange and maroon of the Milwaukee Road as my favorite!

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.

[Anonymous]

Your all crazy! I like engine black, with gray/silver on the smoke box and fire box, mineral brown cab roof, with a lite dusting of grime on the running gear and the words Northern Pacific on the side of the tender! Or, if you like diesels, the Raymond Lowey two tone green with center white strip on The "Mainstreet of the Northwest", Northern Pacific's own "North Coast Limited"! The only one even close, man, is ATSF's Warbonnet red/silver. However, I might have a bias?!?

[Anonymous]

I forgot to mention that I also like Grand Trunk. I've sort of taken they're color scheme for my model railroad. I used SP Scarlett for the nose (I dont do anything else just the nose) and on the rear and I use Conrail blue for the rest of the body. I didn't want to use Grand Trunk colors and the GT design because I didn't want to look like a subsidiary of GT.

[EL PARRo]

My favorite is UP's Building American paint scheme.

[CNW-400]

I voted for the Milwaukee Road. The first time I saw that paint job in color was in Walthers Catalog! I thought it was really sharp, but didn't fit my layout theme at the time.

Although I've always thought the NYC paint was very impressive and dignified, when you model in N it's better I think to use a color that shows up a little better.

Of course since I'm modeling the C&NW that's not a problem for me.

Mark

[88gta350]

My IVRR's red, white and black of course!!

[Anonymous]

I voted for "Southern Green", though in actuality my fave is their black tuxedo version of the scheme. I don't model the Southern for some reason, but I do have an excuse to lead a few trains with black high-nosed Southern Tuxedos.

[Anonymous]

Southern Pacific's Daylight color scheme. Magnificence in motion!

The late Chicago & Northwestern's '400' color scheme is also one of my favorites.[^]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Sorry Dougal,

If you saw two "57 Chevy Bel Air's, one in vibrant glossy red with gloss yellow and silver chrome trim gleaming in the sunlight, the other in an off the shelf solid blue paint, no chrome fenders, everything painted over in a way that looked like it was applied with a spraycan,

which would you choose?

I'd be heading down route 66 in my red chevy without a second thought.

I'd choose blue and paint a few can openers and number the car, but I'm not 16 yet. Oh well, it's only in a few years.

[tutaenui]

Mmm tough one! If I have to pick one only I would go for Western Pacific Orange and Silver.

[vsmith]

Sorry Dougal,

If you saw two "57 Chevy Bel Air's, one in vibrant glossy red with gloss yellow and silver chrome trim gleaming in the sunlight, the other in an off the shelf solid blue paint, no chrome fenders, everything painted over in a way that looked like it was applied with a spraycan,

which would you choose?

I'd be heading down route 66 in my red chevy without a second thought.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Most favorite:

Santa Fe Warbonnet #1

Least favorite:

Conrail in generic label blue

Conrail Rules!!! The Warbonnet is cool and everything but see it everywhere.

[vsmith]

Most favorite:

Santa Fe Warbonnet #1

SP Daylight #2

Uncle Pete's Yellow Peril #3

Least favorite:

SP grey/red and covered in grime scheme

Conrail in generic label blue

Norfolk Southern's black hearses.