QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy QUOTE: Originally posted by dougal QUOTE: Originally posted by Train-Master Ugliest color scheme I have seen to date is BNSF. BNSF is the best Class 1 in many ways: Best paint Best motive power variety Best everything else I hope they at least try to buy NS Motive power variety!? All they use id fricken Dash 9s! (hmm, just like NS)
QUOTE: Originally posted by dougal QUOTE: Originally posted by Train-Master Ugliest color scheme I have seen to date is BNSF. BNSF is the best Class 1 in many ways: Best paint Best motive power variety Best everything else I hope they at least try to buy NS
QUOTE: Originally posted by Train-Master Ugliest color scheme I have seen to date is BNSF.
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Originally posted by CBQ_Guy PINK covered grain hoppers. I wonder what limp wristed individual came up with this abomination! [/quote If you don't like the scheme, just say so. No one asked you to expose your homophobia. Not everyone who reads this site is straight! (You know, someone in your life is Gay, *** or bisexual, CBQ Guy. I'm not surprised they haven't come out to you. Chances are they find you just as unappealing as you seem to find us.) Reply Big_Boy_4005 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: St Paul, MN 6,218 posts Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:38 PM Sorry to disappoint you Don, but my favorite color is cascade green. Next comes big sky blue. None of this has anything to do with my likes or dislikes of a particular railroad. The truth is I like all railroads. There really isn't even a color of the rainbow that I don't like. The trouble comes when certain colors are combined, and put on a locomotive. Take our big discussion of SP from the other topic. I like the orange red and black of the Daylight, but when the orange and red are combined on that "checkerboard" thing, for lack of a better term, the colors become ugly. Aestheticly unpleasant!!! I guess I don't find soft colors appropriate for railroad locomotives. Beige is one of those soft colors. Soft is trying to make a fashion statement, hence the Martha Stewart remark. Railroads generally use strong, bold colors, partly for safety reasons. I loved the BN's green with white and black, except toward the end when they started adding orange safety stripes to the noses. That ruined it for me. I'm back! Follow the progress: http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/displayForumTopic/content/12129987972340381/page/1 Reply Don Gibson Member sinceJune 2004 From: Pacific Northwest 3,864 posts Posted by Don Gibson on Saturday, August 14, 2004 5:52 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Its their scheme of beige, with green and maroon that makes me ILL!! [ Up till now I thought you had impeccable credentials. I saw the 'Cream & Green' pulling coal through Denver - a huge upgrade from their std. of Black and Pea-Green. PS. The striping was RED... like on the U and Pee. Don Gibson .............. ________ _______ I I__()____||__| ||||| I / I ((|__|----------| | |||||||||| I ______ I // o--O O O O-----o o OO-------OO ########################### Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 5:11 PM Mine is the experimental BARF BONNET BNSF paintscheme. What the Hell is a BARF BONNET? Reply Edit mustanggt Member sinceOctober 2002 From: Massachusetts 664 posts Posted by mustanggt on Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:20 PM I guess I never liked that stupid acela scheme with the blue elliptical shapes. Those morons at amtrak probably thought it was "futuristic" C280 rollin' Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:37 AM UP yellow, CNW yellow, SOO white, ROCK bank-rupt blue, CONRAIL bule. Classic schemes: D&RGW black and Grande Gold, and I have to say I like the NS black and horse head scheme. The WC scheme wasn't bad either. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 8:12 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy PINK covered grain hoppers. I wonder what limp wristed individual came up with this abomination! Any paint job with pastel colors in it is putrid. UP Armor Yellow just a little too gaudy for me to like, and a mostly gray scheme is terrible!(KCS,SCL).[V][:0] --------------------------- CB&Q rules!!!![;)] Wabash RR rules![;)] EVERYWHERE WEST/WAY of the ZEPHYRS!!!![8D] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 8:05 PM BNSF Paint Scheam or Conrail blue WHO THOUGHT OF THEM MARTHA STWEART? WHO IS GUILTY RRAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 7:50 PM UP Armor yellow on an F-unit makes me gag. It's a little better on a SD70-MAC, but not much. I'll agree with CBQ_Guy, pink hoppers are just plain putrid. Any scheme with pastel colors in it is nasty.The BN Cascade Green job wasn't that great either. Another really BAD one is Family Lines gray background under red and yellow stripes. It looks like some sort of a cross between a cloudy sky and Technicolor TV sets. -------------------------- CB&Q rules!!!![;)] Wabash RR rules![;)] EVERYWHERE WEST/WAY of the ZEPHYRS!!!![8D] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 4, 2004 3:17 PM The color shemes that I do not like are: The ollllld Canadian Pacific sheme (Maroon/grey) The Chicago northwesteren Scheme (They could also change thier logo as well) Amtrak is not that fitting for me, But I care about it as much a VIA right not (Not much) Southeren Pacific does not strike my fancy... Needs more color I like burlington Northern's scheme - but the giant numbers on the side? [xx(] SCHEMES THAT I DO LIKE CP Rail Pac-man/newer paintjobs! CN Rail! Union Pacific is okay (Have to- got two locos!) :D Burington northern Great northern BC rail and maybe a few others... Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 4, 2004 2:42 PM The Rock Island powder blue is enough to make my grandfather turn in his grave. Reply Edit ClinchValleySD40 Member sinceJune 2001 From: Holly, MI 1,269 posts Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Thursday, March 4, 2004 1:56 PM Anything other than black is ugly. Larry http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40 http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/ http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/1/ppuser/8745/sl/c Reply Roadtrp Member sinceNovember 2003 760 posts Posted by Roadtrp on Thursday, March 4, 2004 12:02 PM The SP would be my least favorite paint scheme. I really like both the BN green and the BNSF pumpkin. The old SF war bonnet paint scheme was overrated, imho. Be honest now... wasn't the Red, Yellow and Silver scheme just a teensy bit garish?? [:P] -Jerry Reply CBQ_Guy Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: North Central Illinois 1,458 posts Posted by CBQ_Guy on Thursday, March 4, 2004 11:48 AM PINK covered grain hoppers. I wonder what limp wristed individual came up with this abomination! "Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~ Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:07 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Black isn't even a paint scheme, Its just undec with decals.[:D] I beg to differ with you "Oh Mighty One", The NYC Black with the Gray Lightning Stripe, was one of the most striking of all paint scheme in the years of the "Great Ones".....NYC, PENNSY, PENN CENTRAL, NEW HAVEN, D&H, and all the other Great Class Ones.....Yaaaaaaaa[:D][:D][:D] I was really thinking of the simple black with white lettering like NS whenI said that[:)] Ya, I know, I just had to yank your chain[:D][:D][:D][:D] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 15, 2004 10:21 AM I dreaded to go into the Illinois Central piggy back yard in Chicago to hook onto a trailer. Those black units suck !, Always filthy , They made me sick to my stomach. At least Norfolk & Southern had some class when they did theirs. Reply Edit tankertoad70 Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: US 263 posts Posted by tankertoad70 on Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:10 PM My challenge is, I don't have a "least fave" scheme.[:I] I like 'em all and have painted just about everything one can imagine just to see what it would look like in HO.[:o)] Don in 'Orygun' City Reply BRAKIE Member sinceOctober 2001 From: OH 17,574 posts Posted by BRAKIE on Saturday, February 14, 2004 8:52 AM The most ugliest paint scheme that comes readily to mine is this one. http://www.shortlinesusa.com/SLR62.jpg Only a mother could like that paint scheme.[:0] Larry Conductor. Summerset Ry. "Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!" Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 8:29 AM The topic is just "least favorite" , so that, to me, never equates with intense dislike, or any other strong negative emotion. For instance, my "least favorite" beer is Genesee, but if that's all you have in your frig', I'll gladly help you prevent it spoiling any further than it already is.[:D][:D] Especially if you are the son-in-law or brother-in-law that drank my Labatt's Blue...YOU KNOW who you are ! [:X][;)] I could choose a similar analogy, using Supermodels as an example, but that would not be appropriate for a married guy to even THINK stuff like that, on Valentine's day.[:0][:0] SO...hopefully I offend not too badly with this: My "least" favorite colors are the ones that look "out of whack" in many settings, like Rock Island or Boston & Maine blues, or NYC turquoise boxcars. regards Mike I Love B & O blue 'n gray [8D] Hey, hey, hey [8D] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 9:47 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I can live with BNSF's "pumpkins", that's a throwback to the Great Northern. Its their scheme of beige, with green and maroon that makes me ILL!! Who thought that up, Martha Stewart? See what I mean?....The one in the middle. Yep[:D][:D][:D] That's too bad as I thought that Colour scheme had a touch of class! And I don't do Martha[xx(] Reply Edit Big_Boy_4005 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: St Paul, MN 6,218 posts Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Friday, February 13, 2004 9:14 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Black isn't even a paint scheme, Its just undec with decals.[:D] I beg to differ with you "Oh Mighty One", The NYC Black with the Gray Lightning Stripe, was one of the most striking of all paint scheme in the years of the "Great Ones".....NYC, PENNSY, PENN CENTRAL, NEW HAVEN, D&H, and all the other Great Class Ones.....Yaaaaaaaa[:D][:D][:D] I was really thinking of the simple black with white lettering like NS whenI said that[:)] I'm back! Follow the progress: http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/displayForumTopic/content/12129987972340381/page/1 Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:16 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Black isn't even a paint scheme, Its just undec with decals.[:D] I beg to differ with you "Oh Mighty One", The NYC Black with the Gray Lightning Stripe, was one of the most striking of all paint scheme in the years of the "Great Ones".....NYC, PENNSY, PENN CENTRAL, NEW HAVEN, D&H, and all the other Great Class Ones.....Yaaaaaaaa[:D][:D][:D] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:11 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I can live with BNSF's "pumpkins", that's a throwback to the Great Northern. Its their scheme of beige, with green and maroon that makes me ILL!! Who thought that up, Martha Stewart? See what I mean?....The one in the middle. Yep[:D][:D][:D] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:04 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by dougal Sorry, I don't think anyone has ever said anything this close to the exact opposite of my opinion. I liked Grand Trunk's paint scheme so much I made it the colors of my model railroad. I hate black diesels, I hate black diesels, I hate black diesels. That's unfair, you say you like B&O blue but you don't like Conrail blue!! I do think N&W blue is nice, but B&O is unacceptable. Solid blue, cars better look out, you'll never know when the trains coming, paint scheme. LEHIGH VALLEY ROCKS!!!!!!!! If anybody gives me equipment lettered for Conrail, LV, or GTW on my upcoming birthday, then, I'll know where to send them on! [;)] I'm rather sensitive to the particular hues of blue, and the B&O blue is definitely different from Conrail's. I'm a professional designer, paid for my graphic skills, by the way. I just can't stomach the super-saturated bright blues, they just seem artificial (nature doesn't produce too many "smurf-blue" things, so there's a psychological reaction to a Conrail blue that is different from other colors). Intense blue conveys, to me, a show-off-ishness, it is trying (too hard in my opinion) to impress. That's why I've liked black so much, because it does just the opposite; it's the ultimate of understatement, it tries *not* to impress. By doing so, it conveys to me an inner confidence. N&W knew it did not need to impress because so much of its revenue came from online coal mines, captive service which was unlikely to go to a competitor, and it wasn't until after merging both Wabash and Nickle Plate in 1964 that N&W had to compete for midwest traffic; that was when their blue ("strive to impress" color) scheme came about. Perhaps our color preferences say a lot more about our own personalities than we realize. I'm definitely the type to shy away from, or not care much about, accolades, not caring what others think about me. Reply Edit 123 Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Its their scheme of beige, with green and maroon that makes me ILL!! [
QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy PINK covered grain hoppers. I wonder what limp wristed individual came up with this abomination!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Black isn't even a paint scheme, Its just undec with decals.[:D] I beg to differ with you "Oh Mighty One", The NYC Black with the Gray Lightning Stripe, was one of the most striking of all paint scheme in the years of the "Great Ones".....NYC, PENNSY, PENN CENTRAL, NEW HAVEN, D&H, and all the other Great Class Ones.....Yaaaaaaaa[:D][:D][:D] I was really thinking of the simple black with white lettering like NS whenI said that[:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Black isn't even a paint scheme, Its just undec with decals.[:D] I beg to differ with you "Oh Mighty One", The NYC Black with the Gray Lightning Stripe, was one of the most striking of all paint scheme in the years of the "Great Ones".....NYC, PENNSY, PENN CENTRAL, NEW HAVEN, D&H, and all the other Great Class Ones.....Yaaaaaaaa[:D][:D][:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Black isn't even a paint scheme, Its just undec with decals.[:D]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I can live with BNSF's "pumpkins", that's a throwback to the Great Northern. Its their scheme of beige, with green and maroon that makes me ILL!! Who thought that up, Martha Stewart? See what I mean?....The one in the middle. Yep[:D][:D][:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I can live with BNSF's "pumpkins", that's a throwback to the Great Northern. Its their scheme of beige, with green and maroon that makes me ILL!! Who thought that up, Martha Stewart? See what I mean?....The one in the middle.
QUOTE: Originally posted by dougal Sorry, I don't think anyone has ever said anything this close to the exact opposite of my opinion. I liked Grand Trunk's paint scheme so much I made it the colors of my model railroad. I hate black diesels, I hate black diesels, I hate black diesels. That's unfair, you say you like B&O blue but you don't like Conrail blue!! I do think N&W blue is nice, but B&O is unacceptable. Solid blue, cars better look out, you'll never know when the trains coming, paint scheme. LEHIGH VALLEY ROCKS!!!!!!!!