Canadian Railroads > CPKC new paint

Lowell posted on mexlist   will be seen in KC with the 2816 

https://vimeo.com/945602437

here is the teaser too-just noticed...  https://vimeo.com/943732163

 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/24 17:34 by dan.

Thanks for posting. The video is great!

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I saw this earlier on Instagram and that cut off an interesting detail seen in this video. This unit still has CP reporting marks on the cab, so it looks like they are officially doing the strategy CN used for years - using the corporate scheme while retaining the old reporting marks. I expect this will be confirmed when the first KCS unit is repainted. I could see D&H and SOO rolling stock, if it's repainted retaining marks too, although they didn't appear to do this with the remaining SOO SD60s they rebuilt and renumbered from 6000s to 6200s.

So I guess CP and KCS won't be truly fallen flags after all; just basic paper railroads for their corporate parent.

Still looking forward to seeing this ultimately.

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/cpkc-debuts-first-locomotive-in-new-livery/

CN CPKC paint same color wheel

GP40 Wrote:
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> I saw this earlier on Instagram and that cut off
> an interesting detail seen in this video. This
> unit still has CP reporting marks on the cab, so
> it looks like they are officially doing the
> strategy CN used for years - using the corporate
> scheme while retaining the old reporting marks. I
> expect this will be confirmed when the first KCS
> unit is repainted. I could see D&H and SOO rolling
> stock, if it's repainted retaining marks too,
> although they didn't appear to do this with the
> remaining SOO SD60s they rebuilt and renumbered
> from 6000s to 6200s.

Only one DH unit remaining -- 7304, a GP38-2 assigned to Coquitlam, BC.  Wears a blue and grey heritage livery that dates back to before it was built.

railsmith Wrote:

> Only one DH unit remaining -- 7304, a GP38-2
> assigned to Coquitlam, BC.  Wears a blue and grey
> heritage livery that dates back to before it was built.

This was built as a Lehigh Valley unit in Cornell red. Was repainted by D&H after it was acquired at the time of the CR merger.

What a dramatic video!  The new scheme looks a lot nicer than what was shown in last year's rendering.  Maybe the gloss of the freshly applied paint makes it look so good.

Thanks for posting.

dan Wrote:
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> CN CPKC paint same color wheel

What? Maybe the black is the same but the red is definitely different between the two RR’s.

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and the white?, i almost like the all red CP scheme better, yellow a nod to KCS, and the black as well perhaps?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/24 07:59 by dan.

dan Wrote:
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> and the white?

I’ll answer with another question:
Where does CN use yellow?

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Finally got one done. 

Mike ONeill
Parker, CO

I wonder what this will look like with a few years of grime, tunnel smoke, etc on the long hood?

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> I wonder what this will look like with a few years
> of grime, tunnel smoke, etc on the long hood?

Like dirty red, yellow and black.

It is funny they just took this scheme and moved to the end and flipped it 180.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50090140@N08/15622070387