Cool thread!
it's a bit of a double irony in my case.
1. My favorite "Geep" was produced in 1977, which is beyond my 1965-73 modeling era. I really like the high-nosed Southern GP40X's in the "Tuxedo" paint cheme. The boxy body lines combined with the flared radiators made these units really stand out.
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/0/4/4/4044.1359181936.jpg
The Athearn HO RTR versions pop up on ebay from time to time, so I hope to snag one there eventually. It would be a nice complement to my Athearn Southern "Tuxedo" high-nosed SD45.
2. The second "irony" is that I primarily model the Seaboard Coast Line (and ACL) which was one of Southern's competitive rivals!
This is one of those "I'm getting it because I like how it looks" scenarios.
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
While certainly not the most colorful, I've always been partial to the older ATSF silver/black zebra striped Geeps. Of course some say they are white/black, but that's ok too.
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
This is another very subjective one. For the most part, I tend to prefer Geeps with understated paint schemes. B&O's original blue & gold freight scheme was nice, especially when it was clean, but it seemed like they overdid it when they put the fancier passenger scheme on some units. That passenger scheme looked fine on cab units, but it seemed to me to be out of place on GP's, just as the plain blue looked out of place on F's. Erie's black and gold with wings on the ends seemed not to be overdone, in keeping with the GP's utilitarian look. The emblem on the flanks was a nice alternative to the full road name more common on other roads. Offhand, the only fancy Geep schemes I can think of that really appeal to me are the original Wabash and MoPac schemes. Southern wasn't bad either.
Once again, there is no wrong answer.
Tom.
SCL GP 7's and anything CRR.
Russell
Since we've got a thread about our favorite F Unit paint schemes, how about one for Geeps? Personally, I;ve always thought the early geeps (7s, 9s, 18s and 20s) had some character to them. Favrotie Paint schemes fro me are CNJ Green and Gold stripes, LV Cornerl Red, EL, Southern Tuxedo. They tended to look best in busier pain schemes, at least to my eye anyway.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
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