Eastern Railroad Discussion > New Florida East Coast paint scheme has emerged!

FEC management has released rebuilt FEC SD40-2 714 in the old original E-unit Champion paint scheme with FLORIDA EAST COAST on the sides and the Flagler System emblem painted in front of the name on the sides. Hopefully someone will post some pictures later today, it was running on the FEC 910 local out of New Smyrna Beach, Florida today! I saw pictures today, it looks fantastic, better than the FEC 2000 looks! It will be used on the up coming FEC Santa train!

Here is a picture taken today by friend Bob Pickerington on local 910 near NSB.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/11 18:39 by FEC2000.

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FEC2000 Wrote:
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> It will be used on the
> up coming FEC Santa train!

Not that I'll be there but for anyone interested:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2nd-annual-toys-for-tots-christmas-train-131869338.html

Photos please !

Mike Mautner
Maryland Height, MO

This should help:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=380561&nseq=1

Now that is just NICE! What a pity somebody didn't think of this before the SD70's came.

SD40-2 #714 looks fabulous! Repaint the whole fleet like that!

SantaFeRuss

BOOYAH way to go FEC!!!.....but on an SD40-2? Well IM still happy they did it.

New scheme or a one-off ?

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

That's a really nice paint job. It evokes palm trees, gentle surf, drinks by the sandy beach, etc.

Nice going, FEC

I would be very nice to see that on all units but knowing who owns them, I doubt it will happen.

SLICK!!!

That is nothing but class. Nicely done, FEC.

Jeff Hawkins

I'm tearing up here. Thanks

are the 7om's getting it also?

Well, looks like I'm headed to Florida..

Ryan

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?? Who do you think owns the FEC?

tomstp Wrote:
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> I would be very nice to see that on all units but
> knowing who owns them, I doubt it will happen.

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OUTSTANDING Can't wait to get to JAX for the train show in Feb

I don't think that FEC was in the yellow area of the original units.

Uncle Joe-Seffner,Fl.

biff Wrote:
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> ?? Who do you think owns the FEC?
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> > I would be very nice to see that on all units
> but
> > knowing who owns them, I doubt it will happen.

I suspect he's alluding to RailAmerica, when in fact both RailAmerica and FEC are owned by Fortress Group, and some degree of separation has been established over the past two years or so between those two operations.

I highly doubt any of the SD70s will be repainted any time soon, but I surely wouldn't mind if some more SD40-2s got this treatment.

I really like this paint scheme. Very nostalgic. FEC has sort of an identity crisis with their locomotive fleet. Pretty much every model they have, has a different scheme. I do like the SD70M-2's blue and yellow, but Alaska RR had it first. The other 70's have Rail America's red, white, and blue. It's patriotic, but they're not even part of Rail America. The SD40-2's are still UP's armour yellow, since that's who FEC bought them from. And the GP40's are the blue and white scheme...an original for the FEC, but not as good as the red and yellow. I know it's a matter of money and pulling locomotives off of revenue service for new paint jobs, but I think FEC needs to make their fleet more uniform. If they do find the time and resources to do that, I vote the "Champion" red and yellow.

Andrew