tree68 wrote:You're right - we've been looking at this wrong all along. In reality, it's GE that's got the color wrong....
<devils advocate> Yes, if you consider old ATSF locomotives that remain unpatched, say Warbonnets, you will instantly note the EMD painted units are all still decent looking while the red on the GE has faded to pink! Perhaps, just maybe, GE took this into consideration when they painted their units DARKER than the EMD units! </devils advocate>
silicon212 wrote: tree68 wrote:You're right - we've been looking at this wrong all along. In reality, it's GE that's got the color wrong.... <devils advocate> Yes, if you consider old ATSF locomotives that remain unpatched, say Warbonnets, you will instantly note the EMD painted units are all still decent looking while the red on the GE has faded to pink! Perhaps, just maybe, GE took this into consideration when they painted their units DARKER than the EMD units! </devils advocate>
Either that or GE got this paint right and the ATSF wrong.
Dan
The M&StL eventually repainted each of their Alco RS-1s in unique color schemes because they figured that if they all looked the same, the pubic might think that they only owned one. If they were going to spend the money on several units, they wanted the public to know that.
GE painted conrail units C40-8w's like this.
CRCYC wrote- This is how a C40-8W looks when it rolls out of the paint shop at General Electric's Erie, PA plant. The paint is so vibrant that it looks almost unreal. Within several months, the units will look like they have been in service for 20 years.
But they faded to this, looks like 20 years of service.
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