A friend and I have been working on designing a new paint scheme for his railroad. I thought that it would be nice to get some fresh input. So I am posting some schemes that we are looking at as possibles. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.
:thumbs_up: I kinda partial to #8 and I'm not sure why. #6 has a generic appeal, like a lease unit or big road hand-me-down.
Interesting... they all seem plausible. I don't like 7 or 9, though. 4 recalls Wisconsin Central, but doesn't look as good. 6 reminds me of MRL. 1, 3, and 8 all remind me of some real shortline which I can't remember at the moment. 5 looks classy - it's the red/black pinstripe. It reminds me of http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=151357 the Genesee Valley, one of my favorite shortline schemes.
I like the yellow and black one. You could give the RR the slogan of "Route of the Bumble Bee." I would suggest though that you use a different font than Times New Roman. Eric
The Yellow and Black looks almost identical to the New York Susquehanna and Western (NYSW), right down to the diagonal warning-striped sidesills. I think it would look a little out of place in Texas, but that's just me. I think #2 looks cool though. Most of the proposed schemes do indeed remind me of a prototype railroad somewhere.
Number 5, hands down. Is there a thread that talks about how to go about painting loco's? I'd like to see the whole process?
I like #2,4,8,9 Ignore Colorado50's reply, he's painting everything he owns yellow these days. Eric, painting the hood black may not be a bad idea on your units.
Dan: Is the RR he is designing for associated in some way with a parent RR or is it a merger of two others, or maybe just a descendent of another RR, and if so, is there some paint pattern, font, logo, or color that he might like to have in the present paint scheme that recalls or alludes to that other RR? What's the landscape like for the particular part of East Texas he's modeling?...Along a river with greener hillsides or in more arid (tanner/browner/yellower) areas? [From the wide variety of combinations already generated, I should probably assume that color coordinating with his landscape isn't a very high priority on his list of givens/druthers. ;>D]
What these are for I'm the one he' referring to. I am trying to design out an industrial belt line which serves several interchanging railroads (MKT, KCS, SP, SSW, SLSF, ATSF) from about the early 70's to late 80's. These switchers are intended to represent a leasing company providing power painted in a similar scheme for all leased units and will be permanently assigned to the EAST TEXAS BELT. When we go to paint them we will provide feedback on the process. He's a lot better at painting than I am, so I will be dusting off my skills and doing a loco paint job for the first time in many years. Thanks for the feedback. We have some more examples coming. Mike Chapmon East Texas Belt Longview, TX
Mike and I have come up with another scheme, and this one is starting to look like it might be it. We are using two different shades of green. We are thinking of using NP dark green and NP light green with yellow highlights and dark green lettering. What does everyone think?
Since the name Texas figures predominately perhaps a scheme that includes the texs flag or elements thereof?
How about #1 AND #2? You could use one for an older paint scheme and use the other for a "new" scheme on the newer engines. Weather the "old" scheme more than the "new" or don't weather the "new" at all, so they look like they just came out of the shops.
