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Loco Color Scheme-CPKS

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:58 AM

Should have dueling native animals - Beavers & Crawfish or maybe Moose & Squirrel

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Posted by wjstix on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 10:45 AM

Once they start doing full repaints (rather than patchouts), I would assume they'd just be painted in the current CP scheme, like Soo Line engines have been. There would be nothing to indicate they had been KCS engines previously.

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Posted by Ulrich on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 9:43 AM

No leaks that I'm aware of, but I hope they keep the new paint scheme as simple as possible. In my opinion, simple often looks better than more complex. Santa Fe's "blues" scheme was better looking than the yellow/blue scheme that followed. Likewise with CP "action red" over tuscan and grey.. the current CN scheme over the zebra scheme.. Personally I'm not hung up on the beaver logo either.. 

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Loco Color Scheme-CPKS
Posted by VGN Jess on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 9:19 PM

Has any word "leaked" on the subject? I presume CPKC will be on the long hood like BNSF, but wondering if the Southern Belle scheme has been discussed? It would homage CP with the red as a predominate and KCS with the yellow and black.

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