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Your thoughts on the grey ghost?

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Your thoughts on the grey ghost?
Posted by RR Redneck on Friday, November 24, 2006 11:34 PM
If you have no clue what I am referin to the Union Pacific's recently repainted Dash 9. The ex-SP unit that was repainted grey, rather than the usual Armour Yellow.

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Posted by Nataraj on Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:23 AM
It may be some sort of experiment. The actual paint itself, or may be marking some sort of new equiptment in the engine.
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Posted by CMSTPP on Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:47 AM

Red lettering and grey paint..... Not a good mixture.Disapprove [V] If I were them I would be looking for an alternate paint scheme. What they are doing now is completely ugly. In other words, I don't like it at all.. But they didn't ask me how they should paint it.Evil [}:)]

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Posted by ericsp on Saturday, November 25, 2006 3:34 AM
They need to go with a dark shade of gray, white lettering, red ends, and a few other modifications. Also, a slight modification to the name would also be an improvement.

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Posted by dehusman on Saturday, November 25, 2006 6:41 AM
Primer paint. By 2007 it will be yellow.

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