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Anonymous
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Favorite paint schemes
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 6:20 PM
I was wondering, what was your favorite railroad paint scheme, I liked the Chessie and Great Northern. Thanks for your input. [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 6:59 PM
Seaboard System, short lived, well remembered
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Posted by FThunder11 on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 8:22 PM
AMTRAK Phase V!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kevin Farlow Colorado Springs
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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 9:41 PM
I'm very old fashioned!
C&O ,strickly Blue&Yellow!

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 9:42 PM
BNSF SUPERFLEET ROCKS!!!!
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Posted by ShaunCN on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 9:46 PM
CN zebra!!!!!!!!!!!
derailment? what derailment? All reports of derailments are lies. Their are no derailments within a hundreed miles of here.
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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 9:50 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ShaunCN

CN zebra!!!!!!!!!!!



Okay,
The ZEBRA,is not totally bad, but the "WET NOODLE" SUCKS!

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:03 PM
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD.
BNSFfan.
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ShaunCN
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Posted by ShaunCN on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:15 PM
CN "wet noodle" is okay. I also like the CN one with the North American map.

http://www.familyfolk.com/trains/CNgp40-2w%209551.JPG
derailment? what derailment? All reports of derailments are lies. Their are no derailments within a hundreed miles of here.
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Posted by Randy Stahl on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:51 PM
North shore electroliner
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Posted by TH&B on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 11:18 PM
CN
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Train Guy 3
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Posted by Train Guy 3 on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 11:48 PM
N&W J Class soild black with tuscan red stripe with a gold trim.

TG3 LOOK ! LISTEN ! LIVE ! Remember the 3.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 11:56 PM
Any Rock Island paint job!!!! Remeber there were like a dozen of them in less than 30 years!!! That and the warbonnet on the GP60m's. Didnt look right on the GE's but man that was a handsome looking locomotive with a GP60b behind it. Always thought that the Milwakee Road's hiawatha piant job was cool too. LONG LIVE THE ROCK!!!!!!!!!(in my basement[:)]
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Posted by Willy2 on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 7:35 AM
Santa Fe Warbonnets.

Willy

Willy

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Posted by locomutt on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:27 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Train Guy 3

N&W J Class soild black with tuscan red stripe with a gold trim.


THAT'S , A 'VERY' GOOD ONE!



Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 1:29 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Willy2

Santa Fe Warbonnets.

Willy


Santa Fe War Bonnets
My Favorite in the Alco PAs F7s and the GP60Ms
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Posted by Train Guy 3 on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:09 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

QUOTE: Originally posted by Train Guy 3

N&W J Class soild black with tuscan red stripe with a gold trim.


THAT'S , A 'VERY' GOOD ONE!






Lets give a little more credit than "very good" .

TG3 LOOK ! LISTEN ! LIVE ! Remember the 3.

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Posted by fuzzybroken on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 11:52 PM
I like the North Shore too, but my favorite is the Northern Pacific paint scheme. I even painted up a Trainline HO GP9m in yellow-n-black. Sharp! I was planning to do a C40-8 in that scheme too, but I'm taking a hiatus on the model railroading... [:(]

-Mark
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Posted by ciortato on Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:40 AM
CSX, all the paint schemes.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:52 AM
I agree with tracy15, my favorite is chessie, I just love cats. My second would be csx yn3 (dark future)
Andrew Miller
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Posted by philnrunt on Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:45 AM
BN's exec scheme on SD70MAC's (dont care for other BN schemes much at all except the tiger stripes) and the Batten Kill RR of NY.
And Southern's always looked so classy.
Oh, and KCS in white, with those crazeee handrails!
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Posted by edblysard on Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:15 AM
Going to have to run with Phil,
Southern's was a real classy paint scheme...
Ed

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:09 PM
I like the PENNSYLVANIA FLEET OF MODERNISM and THE UNION PACIFIC today's paint.
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Posted by cpbloom on Friday, June 11, 2004 3:28 AM
Lets hear it for the cat! Chessie System!

Second place: Warbonnets (not early stuff like PAs, I'm talking GP60Ms and B40-8Ws)

Third place: Conrail Blue; just regular non-SD80MAC scheme, or "Quality" scheme.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 11, 2004 9:19 PM
B&O's blue, gray,black, and gold stripes in the 50's and 60's. Especially on the EMD F's.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 11, 2004 9:34 PM
Central of Georgia, 1950's and pre -Southern (Brosnan) Days
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 12, 2004 1:12 AM
ICG orange & gray has top spot in my heart. But without a doubt Santa Fe warbonnet is best all time & will never be topped.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 12, 2004 1:31 AM
BN green and black. simple, but very good looking up in the mountains.
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Posted by miniwyo on Saturday, June 12, 2004 4:36 AM
3 Union Pacific Building America (with the flag on the side)

2 SP Bloody Nose

1 SF Warbonnet (Just the red and silver, not that yellow and blue or yellow and black crap)

RJ

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 14, 2004 4:02 PM
Southern Ry green and white e class diesels and Atlantic Coast Line Purple and White
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