Has any word “leaked” on the subject? I presume CPKC will be on the long hood like BNSF, but wondering if the Southern Belle scheme has been discussed? It would homage CP with the red as a predominate and KCS with the yellow and black.
No leaks that I’m aware of, but I hope they keep the new paint scheme as simple as possible. In my opinion, simple often looks better than more complex. Santa Fe’s “blues” scheme was better looking than the yellow/blue scheme that followed. Likewise with CP “action red” over tuscan and grey… the current CN scheme over the zebra scheme… Personally I’m not hung up on the beaver logo either…
Once they start doing full repaints (rather than patchouts), I would assume they’d just be painted in the current CP scheme, like Soo Line engines have been. There would be nothing to indicate they had been KCS engines previously.
Should have dueling native animals - Beavers & Crawfish or maybe Moose & Squirrel
I suspect basic CP red with lots of ‘grime’…
Jim
… or maybe an eagle with a hapless beaver in its claw…
Considering that an adult Golden or Bald Eagle can only lift/carry about 3-4 lbs, it must be a pretty scrawny beaver!
Jim
Seems fitting!
I have a real hard time believing the Canadians are going to allow a departure from using the Canadian Pacific name in full. It would be considered sacrilege North of the Border.
I don’t think that it will be that big of an issue. When the Multimark first appeared, all that you saw was CP Rail, CP Air, CP Ships, etc.
Hopefully they come up with something better than CPKS…
…and indifferent to the claw in its skin. Beavers are not to be trifled with…they can get pretty nasty and aggressive when provoked.
All red with CPKS on the side?
CPKC or Canadian Pacific-KC?
They could use: Canadian Pacific-KC ???
Beaveagle Rail…
I think the official name should be Canada America Mexico Railway, and go by CAM. If CP has way more locos than KCS, keep the solid red. But commission a new logo which incorporates the shape of the three countries rendered as one, with CAM inside of that.
I think the official name should be Canada America Mexico Railway, and go by CAM. If CP has way more locos than KCS, keep the solid red. But commission a new logo which incorporates the shape of the three countries rendered as one, with CAM inside of that.
Here’s a crude logo I cooked up: https://imgur.com/BGIbXsR
Canadian Pacific’s lines in the U.S. are currently called “Soo Line”. They didn’t change the name back in the 1990’s when they combined Canadian and U.S. operation. If the merger goes through, it will really be more CP taking over KCS rather than a BN-style merger of equals. As I understand it, CP’s U.S. lines will be “Kansas City Southern” and the U.S. headquarters will move from Minneapolis to K.C. I’d assume equipment will (slowly - given there’s still stuff lettered for Soo Line around) be repainted for Canadian Pacific.