I checked a series of photos on loco 8652 and did confirm my suspicions, firemans side has CANADIAN PACIFIC then golden beaver, engineer side has golden beaver then CANADIAN PACIFIC, Does anyone know what reasoning they would do this?? It’s definitely not for lack of room, I would like to know the corporate mentality for this.
[D)] HELLLLO - - McFly !!! [:P] Back to the Future - you’re probably too young
Its a DIESEL - there is no fireman! He’s a professional conductor in a HOT job!
Scheme IS consistent - BEAVER is adjacent to radiators. Think of symmetry from the nose - the name precedes the critter.
With changes in door geometry, the golden chipper riding the 4400’s will not fit on the Tier II compliant ES-44’s. Seems short-sighted they couldn’t scale the dam mascot to ride on the nose sides (ahead of the repo numbers) on the ES-44’s beak.
Other than the 20 bi-lingual Pacific/Pacifique units, Extra Spartan 44’s look like someone called in sick the day the final graphics were due. Or the dog ate their homework![swg]
If you really want to learn - dig into the paint scheme chronology at Wilco’s CP sector:
http://www.mountainrailway.com/Motive%20Power%20Page.htm
Golden Rodent placement is outlined for each body style it appeared on from 1997 thru 2006.
One single switcher is not represented. 7 former Milwaukee Road/Soo MP15Ac’s carry the mascot - but only 1422 has the beaver on the cab below the numbers - others carry him above the front truck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_MP15AC
[:-^] Oh I wanna be a CP railroad beaver - that is truly what I’d like to be.
'Cause if I were a CP railroad beaver,
Doors or no doors, if lettering height is same as beaver height it will fit, so what do the radiators have to do with logo placement? you mean someone actually thought that the beaver should be under the radiator on both sides regardless of the actual logo itself??? "OK BILL ! Just cut the decal in half and reverse it ! no one will notice eh??" remember a beaver is just a big 97 pound rat, isn’t that a great logo? sort of like South African Railways using a hyena for it’s logo.
Two different models of the same family of loco - there are slight differences. Like a 2005 & a 2008 Chevy! Haven’t seen those with the doors in the correct place for a beaver either. DAM!
AC4400 and ES-44 do not have the same rear doors and sheet metal - the dam critter won’t fit on the ES-44. Don’t argue with someone in Milwaukee about it. Look at these side shots of both.
The ES-44 radiator “wing” is longer because the Tier II cooling system is more complex than the one cooling the AC4400. IT’s a REAL LOCO - not an HO or N model. Artwork is not a 1-pc decal per side!
Lettering and logo schemes are planned to be consistent. 8652 is done the same way as 8607 above! 97 lb. rat has a logic advantage - doesn’t argue or chew decals in half![:)]
Tatans replies: " I’m even more confused now" I don’t think I want to know the answer now. thanks
Does it really matter??
Yes! CP without any sort of logo is just boring [:P]
I agree – but you realize, they’ve abandoned the logo on all of their last three paint schemes!!! Methinks they need to copy BNSF’s current paint scheme, drop the goofy yeller stripes, and add a canted red rectangle on the cab side… [}:)]