Hey......UP/NS.....If your reading this forum,please....It's time for a NEW paint job.

[Anonymous]

As far as automotive type paints, red is the most expensive color you can buy, white is cheapest. The rest of the colors fall somewhere in between. Not sure of the exact reasons, but that's how it is. In fact, back in the early 90's, when I was pricing some paint for a car, in one particular line, red was twice the price of white. The paints used for locomotives would be of similar makeup as automotive. Originally laquer, but more likely now acrylics.

Tim

[miniwyo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

I would agree with you relative to NS, but I kind of like the UP scheme (at least when it's clean).

You mean UP acctually washes it's locos??? Coulda Fooled me!!

But in all seriousness i understand the reason for painting all of UP's locos the same yellow from the snazzy(sp?) schemes of the fallen flags that it aquired, BUT they could have left them basically the same but put some sort of markings on them to say that they belong to UP while still leaving the cool paint jobs like the DRG&W and the SP Boody nose. Granted there are a few more SP bloody nose locos mixed in with the UP bunch but after a while it will be gone and forgotten.
They need to do what BNSF did with the SF warbonnets Instead of painting them the Orange and Green the left the warbonnet and just canged the lettering on the side form Santa Fe to BNSF.. It still liike magnificent even though it is missing the SF name.

Just my $0.02

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by NJMike
One company who had to change their scheme was New Jersey Transit. Luckly they changed it...YAY[:)][:)][:)][:)]

Sorry Mike but I think while the old scheme is bad the new one is worse![xx(] It really look bad on the PL42AC's![xx(][xx(][xx(]