Here's a project that has been on my back-burner for a number of years.
Years ago I managed to get my hands on a single unused full-size D&H herald locomotive decal of the "old" D&H -- the true D&H.
The three remaining CP Delaware & Hudson lightning-stripe GP38-2's are carry-overs of the Morrison-Knudsen Co. paint job done in the Mountaintop, PA plant (remember that!) back in the early 1990s when the Susquehanna was operating the bankrupt line and rebuilt them. In any event, the total effort was great, but the nose heralds are terribly anemic. They cover less than half the space of the shield area and were, unfortunately, not corrected when CP did the rebuild on the 7312 over a decade ago. The word God-awful is in the dictionary and that best describes it.
The decal that I have is old and cracked in over a hundred spots to the point I have taped most of them to the backing. It would, however, make the perfect template for creating new decals. I have thought of maybe having one of the industry suppliers do this for me, but have not persued it. I realize that there are still a few shortline Alcos out there in D&H dress that might be interested in such an item. I hear CP is more likely to sell their GPs rather than rebuild them again, so that is probably a moot point. And CP I am sure probably has the legal jurisdiction over the D&H script logo as well.
I am not likely to part with my decal anytime soon, so if anyone hears of a locomotive owner likely to be doing a D&H paint job in the future, just tell them to get the nose right this time and let them know I will help if I can.
Years ago I managed to get my hands on a single unused full-size D&H herald locomotive decal of the "old" D&H -- the true D&H.
The three remaining CP Delaware & Hudson lightning-stripe GP38-2's are carry-overs of the Morrison-Knudsen Co. paint job done in the Mountaintop, PA plant (remember that!) back in the early 1990s when the Susquehanna was operating the bankrupt line and rebuilt them. In any event, the total effort was great, but the nose heralds are terribly anemic. They cover less than half the space of the shield area and were, unfortunately, not corrected when CP did the rebuild on the 7312 over a decade ago. The word God-awful is in the dictionary and that best describes it.
The decal that I have is old and cracked in over a hundred spots to the point I have taped most of them to the backing. It would, however, make the perfect template for creating new decals. I have thought of maybe having one of the industry suppliers do this for me, but have not persued it. I realize that there are still a few shortline Alcos out there in D&H dress that might be interested in such an item. I hear CP is more likely to sell their GPs rather than rebuild them again, so that is probably a moot point. And CP I am sure probably has the legal jurisdiction over the D&H script logo as well.
I am not likely to part with my decal anytime soon, so if anyone hears of a locomotive owner likely to be doing a D&H paint job in the future, just tell them to get the nose right this time and let them know I will help if I can.