4884Bigboy did the “Most Favourite” Paint schemes so I thought it would be fitting to do the Least favourite colour schemes.
I have a few dislikes myself. I was never a big fan of NYC’s colour schemes of pale green or Red and Grey boxcars. In the Grand scheme of things this won’t matter none the less I suspect it could turn into an interesting thread, If we keep it respectful[;)]
Anything other than black with white lettering doesn’t matter - I’m color blind. [:D]
BN green lcocmotives - make me want to puke.
BNSF locomotives - some of the best looking color schemes out there
ACL - purple.
DT&I - dayglo orange.
Kodachromes or the KCS.
RMax
BNSF Pumpkin thing with the failed SF/SP kodachrome a close second.
I saw some local commuter trains in florida: white with green and orange, i did not like that sceme very much, as I think about it anything with green in it (not meaning to offend someone)
and I saw amtrack cars diguised as LEGO blocks: green YECHH !
Wisconsin Central: Scheme is nice, but the colors don’t really “me***ogether well”.
I agree with Lupo: The Florida “Tri-Rail” commuter line service from West Palm Beach to Miami. White, Orange and Green: Blah!
I kinda added these to the "favorite color " thread but here are mine:
SP grey/red and covered from head to toe in Grime.
Conrail Blue
(bad Earl Shiebs $99 one color paint jobs, “right!”)
Norfolk Southern Black Hearses
(unless your Johnny Cash or an MIB, black dont work on diesels)
I can live with BNSF’s “pumpkins”, that’s a throwback to the Great Northern. Its their scheme of beige, with green and maroon that makes me ILL!!### Who thought that up, Martha Stewart?
See what I mean?..The one in the middle.
NORFOLK SOUTERN BLACK!!!
Then you must really hate Penn Central…at least Conrail and NS came up with a logo…
NS Black, PennCentral Black. UGLY!!!
You have good taste, 4884. At least you’re not stuck with NS after being used to Conrail
Add another one for the Black- NS isn’t as bad, but the Penn Central, yech! Black, no graphics and always filthy.
NS does have a great logo, in fact I think it has the best logo for a Class 1. CR just had “that line and circle thing”. I’ve seen engines in the new NS paint scheme and I’ve also seen dirty PCs .
WOW must take a look at them seems cool steamlocomotive black diesels and also filthy ! I remember once driving into Las Vegas through the desert along the road I saw a train with VERY dirty black diesels, could that be the penn central you mean?
In defense, of Norfolk Southern.
I’m not a big fan of locomotives painted all black but, with that jumping horse, sleek stripes and logo one has to admit that Norfolk Southern did it with style!
One of its predecessors, Norfolk & Western was a lot drabbier with just a big NW on the sides of the locomotives. Have to admit that I do miss the old “Green & White” Southern Railway.
Black isn’t even a paint scheme, Its just undec with decals.[:D]
For thier drabe Teliban like black shapeless Berka colorscheme YES, But I always thought that Penn Centrals P in the C logo was pretty cool. NS’s whitehorse loco is kinda hookie to me. Conrail had a logo?[:D]