Heritage Units for the LIRR

CR - What the LIRR MP15 units SORELY need is to be sent out to an outside bodyshop and painter
to be sandblasted along with any required body work and then a new or heritage color scheme is
applied professionally instead of using what is basically glorified house paint rolled on...

NYA's freight locomotives look so much better than any of the LIRR units with their well-applied
color scheme instead of the somewhat ragtag appearance that the MP15 units in particular have...
In this instance I agree with you about the LIRR MP15 units...MACTRAXX

LIRR has a proper paint booth at hillside. It was to replace the booth at Morris park. its wheee all the M3 bonnets they repainted were nicely done.
If they wanted to make a MP 15 look like 1976 again believe me, they have 100 of the ability and talent to make it happen.
The talent is there to redo the 1500, and even the bonnets of the D30 fleet. However the will, money and equipment downtimes are not.

The simplest heritage scheme would be a blue stripe on the M-7/M-9 as tribute to the original condition of the M-1/M-3.

A minimalist Septa-esque program wouldn't be horrible at all - do a M7 with a blue band wrap, wrap the fronts in goodfellow orange, Tichy slate, MTA blue/platinum, and PRR tuscan, you wouldn't even need to touch the steel if you didn't want.

WE - Thanks for that reply about the LIRR painting facilities...
Do you know if the LIRR can do sandblast work on equipment?

I agree with you about the will, money and downtimes necessary...
Lets take advantage of the LIRR talent to make MP15/E15 Heritage Units a reality...
This is something that the LIRR could have considered for the 190 year commemoration...
In any case this can be better late then never...MACTRAXX