http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=95573
What’s up with the new colors?
Very sharp! Kinda patriotic. Don’t know if the colors have any particular symbolism for FEC.
Company’s url is fecrwy.com, but I wasn’t able to find anything specifically devoted to paint schemes!
Thanks very much for photo, and perhaps others can answer the background question. - a.s.
FEC is now part of the RailAmerica conglomerate and those are the company colors.
I don’t know much about RailAmerica but I did here that FEC is now part of them.
The picture that was posted is actually the second of the newest paint schemes RailAmerica did for FEC. The first one had a silver underframe instead of the black. Here are the 2 paint schemes. I, personally, like the silver underframe.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=251436&nseq=4
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=252871&nseq=2
John
I liked the old scheme, nothing against RailAmerica.
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=95653
Does anyone like this color or prefer the old color of FEC?
Yes, I prefer the FEC yellow/blue much more than the new scheme. However, with the new RailAmerica scheme I do prefer with the silver underframe and NOT the black. What they should have done is keep the FEC scheme and put the RailAmerica patch somewhere on it?
John
The more I look at that 'silver underframe", the more I think it’s not silver but primer.
What’s up with the yellow sill stripe, tho’? Me thinks white would have been a better choice.
The yellow sill stripe is reflectorized for visibility and there are FRA safety regulations regarding permissible colors.
Yes. White and yellow are the two permissible colors…
Are they replacing all of the locomotives?
Will the management of RailAmerica operate the new FEC SD70M-2s only on the FEC?
Andrew
Is there any explanation for the silver frame and trucks on the 106 compared to the black frame and trucks on the 107?? I noticed the 107 does not have its complete markings at the time when the picture was taken.
One scheme must be correct and the other one questionable.
I’m not sure CAZEPHYR. I just saw the topic here and remembered that the 2 pics were on railpics, so I posted the link so we can see the 2 differences.
I like the silver frame better, I’m hoping that’s the one that RailAmerica goes with if they don’t go back to the FEC yellow/blue scheme.
John
I saw this on an engine on a BNSF train , in Joliet , very cool , although I still prefer the orginal scheme .
That’s a sharp paint scheme.
That’s the “Rail America Scheme” paint that will most likely be appearing on all the RA properties as engines come to them and get repainted.
As far as I have heard, the 70’s are going to stay at FEC. For now, the only power that’s migrated off the FEC is to the NECR, as far as I know.
And FEC isn’t “owned” by RA. It’s owned by Fortress (who owns RA), with the management from RA being put into place.
I think they should go back to FECs old passenger scheme.It was red and yellow,and looked almost like SPs Daylight scheme with yellow replacing the orange.
I’m heading down that way in a few weeks, I’ll see if I can catch one of the newly painted units, if anything at all.