Canadian Railroads > CPKC new colours

Hello to all.
A couple of days ago, thanks from a friend, I heard about these two units heading up an eastbound 100 Series train.
Image 1 sees the train about 2 miles west of Kamloops BC.
Image 2 sees the train about 6 miles east of Kamloops, after a crew change.
Image 3 shows the back to back units -  leader from CP, 2nd unit from KCS.
interesting colours!

Thanks for looking.
Stay well.
611

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Wonder how they would repaint each railroad's business car fleets.

Train611 Wrote:
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> Hello to all.
> A couple of days ago, thanks from a friend, I
> heard about these two units heading up an
> eastbound 100 Series train.
> Image 1 sees the train about 2 miles west of
> Kamloops BC.
> Image 2 sees the train about 6 miles east of
> Kamloops, after a crew change.
> Image 3 shows the back to back units -  leader
> from CP, 2nd unit from KCS.
> interesting colours!

The units had arrived separately at Coquitlam, a day apart. Marshalling them back-to-back for the eastbound movement was pre-planned. It emphaslzes the changes in the livery.

I'm not impressed. A locomotive is a long, linear structure. Paiting them in a way that disruipts that linearity in a major way (vertical/blocky color changes) usually looks pants. 

exhaustED Wrote:
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> I'm not impressed. A locomotive is a long, linear
> structure. Paiting them in a way that disruipts
> that linearity in a major way (vertical/blocky
> color changes) usually looks pants. 

Presumably you don't like the current CN design either, as it also features an abrupt change in colour (red to black) separated by a diagonal line in a third colour (white in CN's case).

Personally, I like both the CN and new CPKC design for just that reason. The pre-CPKC look of CP is an unimaginative, endless slab of red. Couldn't be more boring. Easy to paint for modellers, though.

I like te new scheme. For those that don't wait awhile and they will look like most CP units-grubby as H !

railsmith Wrote:
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> exhaustED Wrote:
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> > I'm not impressed. A locomotive is a long,
> linear
> > structure. Paiting them in a way that disruipts
> > that linearity in a major way (vertical/blocky
> > color changes) usually looks pants. 
>
> Presumably you don't like the current CN design

Correct.

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> Personally, I like both the CN and new CPKC design
> for just that reason. The pre-CPKC look of CP is
> an unimaginative, endless slab of red. Couldn't be
> more boring. Easy to paint for modellers, though.

Pre-CPKC red is a bit uninteresting... but slightly better than CPKC in my eyes.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/24 13:41 by exhaustED.

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> Wonder how they would repaint each railroad's
> business car fleets.

Several KCS business cars have been repainted in the standard CP Tuscan red and black, but lettered KCS. BSB

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BigSkyBlue Wrote:
> Several KCS business cars have been repainted in
> the standard CP Tuscan red and black, but lettered
> KCS.

I suppose it is to show who's in charge there. 

Pre-planning for the next round of mergers so that only 2/3rds of the loco will need black paint.

The're close to mergering out

Hideous paint scheme. Just hideous. 

Something I hadn't noticed until these shots (nice shots, by the way) is the nod to the heritage of the units. I like the small "CP" or "KCS" painted on the cab, under the number. Nice touch.

Kevin Morgan
Arvada, CO
ColoradoRailfan.com