Eastern Railroad Discussion > Providence & Worcester turns orange

I came across freshly painted P&W GE B39-8E # 3908 in Palmer, MA yesterday idling away the afternoon next to the NECR yard office with EMD GP38 #2011. I neither love nor hate the G&W orange and black, but it's nice to see spartan cab GE's with fresh paint.

- Chris

Christopher Slemp
South Hadley, MA
Milepost 15

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That's a nice looking paint job, thanks for sharing it.

It does look sharp, but I wish Genesee & Wyoming would spend more of its paint budget on turds like these -- GNWR50 and BP2030 leading a local to Dansville, N.Y., on Monday -- and leave the decent-looking power from its acquisitions alone:

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toledopatch Wrote:
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> Here, it leads
> P&W NR-4 from Plainfield to Willimantic at Baltic,
> Conn., on May 9. To my understanding, it's the
> only widenose GE in Genesee & Wyoming paint.


That's a great photo prop to the extreme right.

toledopatch Wrote:
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> It does look sharp, but I wish Genesee & Wyoming
> would spend more of its paint budget on turds like
> these -- GNWR50 and BP2030 leading a local to
> Dansville, N.Y., on Monday -- and leave the
> decent-looking power from its acquisitions alone:

...and 50 has been on the property since 1986/87 in the same paint.

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Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> toledopatch Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> (snip)
> > Here, it leads
> > P&W NR-4 from Plainfield to Willimantic at
> Baltic,
> > Conn., on May 9. To my understanding, it's the
> > only widenose GE in Genesee & Wyoming paint.
>
>
> That's a great photo prop to the extreme right.

I was so glad that Old BNSF paintjob went away, also 4007 is the last B39-8 produced as I understand and I also heard G&W (AZER) has a 4007 also a B39-8 but someone needs to confirm that please !

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL

Nice shots. Those GE's look great in that orange paint.

looks same old same old G&W, the brown and orange is the way to go for the P&W. I 'd prefer the old orange and white P&W scheme befopre the G&W paint

calsubd Wrote:
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> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > toledopatch Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > (snip)
> > > Here, it leads
> > > P&W NR-4 from Plainfield to Willimantic at
> > Baltic,
> > > Conn., on May 9. To my understanding, it's
> the
> > > only widenose GE in Genesee & Wyoming paint.
> >
> >
> > That's a great photo prop to the extreme right.
>
> I was so glad that Old BNSF paintjob went away,
> also 4007 is the last B39-8 produced as I
> understand and I also heard G&W (AZER) has a 4007
> also a B39-8 but someone needs to confirm that
> please !

I think the AZER DASH-8's are B40-8's.

exhaustED Wrote:
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> calsubd Wrote:
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> > Lackawanna484 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > toledopatch Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > (snip)
> > > > Here, it leads
> > > > P&W NR-4 from Plainfield to Willimantic at
> > > Baltic,
> > > > Conn., on May 9. To my understanding, it's
> > the
> > > > only widenose GE in Genesee & Wyoming
> paint.
> > >
> > >
> > > That's a great photo prop to the extreme
> right.
> >
> > I was so glad that Old BNSF paintjob went away,
> > also 4007 is the last B39-8 produced as I
> > understand and I also heard G&W (AZER) has a
> 4007
> > also a B39-8 but someone needs to confirm that
> > please !
>
> I think the AZER DASH-8's are B40-8's.

Thank you

Ed Stewart
Jacksonville, FL