Old Thumper BAR Grey & Blue
BAR Grey & Blue
Agreed. This paint scheme is one of the best.
Is it available in HO from anybody?
doctorwayne The colours are good, but the layout of them looks incomplete, to my eye, at least. Wayne
The colours are good, but the layout of them looks incomplete, to my eye, at least.
Wayne
Rich
Alton Junction
Rich,
There are several beautiful paint schemes but nothing quite does it properly like the Western Pacific silver and orange. It is beyond the reach of others... In my opinion.
Johnboy out...............
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
My favorite F units are the F3/F7 Genesis models from Athearn.
1. Santa Fe Warbonnet (Red/Silver)
2. Santa Fe Freight (Blue/Yellow)
3. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Phase II (Crimson Red/Grey/Sloan Yellow nose) *
* This paint scheme is pretty rad by the way! When my friend saw those colors, his response was "okay that red is AWESOME!
mobilman44 Some of the younger posters may not know about how two color schemes got popularized way back when (late '40s) and were impressed upon us kids of that time............ Lionel worked with builder EMD (may have been called EMC back then), the Santa Fe, and the New York Central to build Lionel's new F units in those two color schemes. They even got the RRs to pony up some for the cost of the dies! And pretty much everyone soon saw these locos - either in their basement, stores, many tv shows, magazine and later on tv ads. Their popularity soared (more so the colorful ATSF), and many versions of those F units were produced over the next 15 years or so.
Some of the younger posters may not know about how two color schemes got popularized way back when (late '40s) and were impressed upon us kids of that time............
Lionel worked with builder EMD (may have been called EMC back then), the Santa Fe, and the New York Central to build Lionel's new F units in those two color schemes. They even got the RRs to pony up some for the cost of the dies!
And pretty much everyone soon saw these locos - either in their basement, stores, many tv shows, magazine and later on tv ads.
Their popularity soared (more so the colorful ATSF), and many versions of those F units were produced over the next 15 years or so.
I wanted those Lionel Santa Fe Fs in the worst way as a kid. Now that I can afford them, not so much. Besides, I have HO versions galore.
So this isn't a Stewart v. Genesis thing?
(So why isn't it on Trains?) (heh!)
Hello all,
For me it's gotta be the Royal Gorge Route Railroad F units. I'm a sucker for those F-B units too!
Hope this helps.
"Uhh...I didn’t know it was 'impossible' I just made it work...sorry"
1. AT&SF silver warbonnets
2. NYC black lightning stripes
3. SP black widow
Mike
PRR FP7 in Brunswick Green and gold strip
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
While there was several F unit schemes I liked I gotta go with NYC's black or gray Lightening Stripes scheme.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
NJT F7A (my Thanks to Intermountain).
All the best.
Joe F
NYC lightning stripes by far favorite. After that Boston and Maine Maroon/Gold and Maine Central Green/Gold.
Santa Fe warbonnets in all of their iterations; red bonnets; yellow bonnets and blue bonnets. They looked good on F units and modern power, as well.
Being the only ones I could almost justify running on my layout, I've got to go with this one.
Or maybe this one.
My layout is set in 1975. L&N had trackage rights over this section of the N&W Clinch Valley Line. I believe only one or two of the L&N F's lasted that long. Some of the Clinchfield's (partner of L&N) ran a little longer. Close enough if you like F's (and I do).
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I agree, Tom...
The above Stewart Erie FT A-B I purchased earlier on before settling on the NYC. I really like the contrast of the yellow against the black, as well as the herald on the nose. Ultimately, I'd like to incorporate it into a future layout, where the Erie crossed the NYC.
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I'll go one further on dotorwayne's motion for the DL&W maroon on gray and yellow and say the after-merger EL maroon on gray and yellow with the 'E' (actually EL, if you look close) in the diamond. I'll also have to say the pre-merger Erie yellow on black, with the 'ERIE' in the diamond.
I've always been partial--after Santa Fepassenger Warbonnet and NYC Lightning Stripes--to the early Soo Line maroon and DuLux Gold pine tree on the nose scheme. I saw a ton of 'em on EMD's ALCO FAs and FBs, and Geeps when I was a kid first getting my feet wet in the Hobby.
Deano
Garry,
Had a feeling, You were going to say that!
Take Care!
Frank
Atlantic Coast Line passenger livery.
Wisconson & Southern
Great Northern
BN Executive paint scheme
Northern Pacific
I guess there are too many to name.
My vote: .... Burlington
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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richhotrain mobilman44 Gotta be the ATSF "Warbonnet"! Gotta be.
mobilman44 Gotta be the ATSF "Warbonnet"!
Gotta be the ATSF "Warbonnet"!
Gotta be.
Tink' So?......
Well, having ridden the Empire Builder back in the '50s, GN's green and orange with the yellow stripes.
Oh, boy, that's a tough one for me:
1. Gotta go with Centrail Railway of New Jersey Tangerine and Blue F-3's. Gorgeous, and rarely offered in HO (I don't understand why--Athearn has responded negatively to Facebook suggestions of a rerun).
2. Santa Fe red/silver warbonnet.
3. Rio Grande "gold" and silver single stripe scheme.
John
My favorite and one of the most eye catching paint schemes on the EMD F units are the Wabash F7 Blue Birds!
Second for me are the New Haven FL9's
Rick Jesionowski
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