Clarification: On a blue F unit with the Cigar Band Santa Fe logo, it is and has often been referred to as the "Cigar Band" paint scheme. On a blue hood unit with yellow pinstripes, it is often referred to as the "yellow bookend" or "pinstripe" scheme. In fact some of the blue and yellow hood units had no Cigarband logo at all, but only a square ATSF emblem on each nose, with yellow pinstripes running down the sides. Regards-- John
Hey John, welcome to Trainboard. I find all the names of paint schemes interesting. Rail fans seem to have coined most of them and some can be kind of regional. When they start showing up in print a lot, then they seem to stick. I started using the term "Cub Scout" for the "Yellow Bonnet" or yellow / blue warbonnet, after I heard ATSF train crews using it. That one never showed up in the press.
I've heard the "bookend" or "pinstripe" scheme also called "billboard' - or is that a different scheme? Anyway, here's a shot from 1980 with a pre-1972-scheme engine: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=95831
For clarification the 2nd unit is the "pin stripe/billboard" paint scheme. The "cigar band" on the original F units came after the "cat whisker". Have seen cigar bands on F45 pin stripes. the cigar band continued on the blue/yellow Warbonnets. Then to really confuse the issue alot of older passenger F units had the red painted out to become yellow & blue bonnets!
