WHAT?! Grey Paint with Yellow Stripe for UP 6344!

[oskar]

Is this a change of pace for UP? Grey paint w/ yellow stripe?

http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=66630&d=1163808581

I hope they do some more of these, we can give Amour Yellow a rest eh?

 

 

kevin

[Willy2]

I'll bet it would look sharp with the American flag decal, too.

[emd_SD_60]

I likes

[blhanel]

Woah... where was that shot taken at?

[Murphy Siding]

     Are you sure that isn't just a dark primer grey?

[Anonymous]

NOW I TRULY LIKE THAT. OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD.....
I REALY REALY LIKE THAT. SWEEEEET!

[CNW534]

With complete lettering, striping, and emblems?  Looks a little too shiny for primer.

Doesn't UP use grey for its remote control locomotives?

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=165168

Mark

[Datafever]

     Are you sure that isn't just a dark primer grey?

I'm not sure, of course, but I wouldn't think that is it just a primer coat - not with all the other lettering and detail work in place.

[Lord Atmo]

i give it 2 thumbs up. keep up the good work, UP

[jeffhergert]

Monday at the paint shop.  "That UP 6344 is ready for service, but it seems like we forgot something."

 

  Quite a while back I remember seeing a gray GE with UP lettering.  I don't think it had the wings and I remember having the impression that it looked like an ex-SP with a bigger patch job than usual.

  There are RCO control units made out of old GE standard cab units that are gray.  I believe they also are just the carbody and cab, the prime mover fuel tank and traction motors have been removed. 

Jeff

[miniwyo]

That IS a photoshop. I just did this one recently.



Not that hard to do at all, this took me 5 minutes.

[coborn35]

Here is the picture of the REAL UP #6344.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=40498

[coborn35]

Also, look at the grey lines, and the red striping. Not the best photoshop job.

[Anonymous]

seeing that this was a ex-SP unit i really think this is real.

[Datafever]

Ah, shucks!  And that was such a nice looking paint job too.  Do you suppose that someone from UP might see it and make the necessary changes for real?

[edblysard]

UP has taken to painting some of their hump pushers in gray.

Most are older ex SP units.

We have a lot of the C30s done like that down here at the hump in Englewood.

 

[Anonymous]

I SURE HOPE THIS IS A NEW TASTE OF POWER FOR THE UP. BECAUSE I REALY LIKE IT,ALOT.

[Chris30]

I'm not going to debate whether the paint job is real, photoshop or whatever... (maybe it's the work of a really good tagger?) It looks better the SP/UP patched/whatever that big black blob is on the nose is.

CC

[mattrain]

It kind of looks like a KCS locomotive

[TimChgo9]

It's cool.... It doesn't look like a photoshop job.... but, then I could be wrong.

But that looks cool. I like it.

[Nataraj]

It is real.

It just got a special paint job. I have seen other pics of this engine, it looks great! Hope they paint more of this color!

[miniwyo]

It is real. It just got a special paint job. I have seen other pics of this engine, it looks great! Hope they paint more of this color!

Well, Let's see them!

[Anonymous]

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=44953


looks pretty real to me.

[Datafever]

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=44953 looks pretty real to me.

To make it clickable for those of us who are, well,... just to make it clickable, all right?

[Murphy Siding]

     Is it possible, that the locomotive is owned by a leasor, and grey is their generic paint color?  Seems it would be easier to lease the unit later, to say, BNSF, if it wasn't Armour Yellow and Harber Mist Gray.

[coborn35]

That wouldnt make a difference either way.

But it looks like a really high quality grey paint, as its really shiny and such.

[Anonymous]

sorry, i don't know the HTML here to well.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if Grey Paint is cheaper than Armor Yellow?

I do like it... sorta.

[Anonymous]

My friend works for the UP. He found out about the new paint scheme. He e-mailed me about it. People. This just might be a "NEW" trend for the Union Pacific. We shall see. The only problem. It's missing the 'New Image' flag scheme.

[miniwyo]

Hmmm.... I am still skeptical, I will believe it when I see it. Anyone know when it will be through Wyoming?