MP15 in a Smurf paintjob??

Ok guys, I'm not 100% sure about this, but I have an old issue of the Pan Am Clipper magazine that shows what looks to be an MP15 switcher in full Smurf paint.

It is sort of a far away shot, and the switcher is handling a track machine that they are referring to as a "plow". It is not a snowplow, maybe for ballast?

I just bought an Atlas Genesis H.O custom painted Smurf MP15 on ebay, and liked the paint job on the switcher even thought I new it didn't really exist, it is numbered BM 172...Then I saw the article in the Clipper, and there it was...I swear it.

Am I crazy?? Is there really a light blue & charcoal MP15 out there? Any body have any pictures?

Does the guy that custom painted this HO model know something I don't?

Here is what I got. BTW the paint job looks better in the picture than real life.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300754544058?ss ... 1439.l2648

no, there isnt anything out there like that

Well, I just found a magnifying glass and concentrated on the two tiny photos in that edition of the Clipper.

I am convinced that I can read the cab number boards on a light blue & charcoal MP15 as being unit # 172.

I"m really starting to believe this myth exists, but cannot find a picture anywhere on th internet.

Is it taboo to take a picture of the picture in the Clipper and post it? I cannot scan anything, but also don't want to infringe on any copyrights.

This is what you saw.

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?20110 ... STRING=116

CFD125 wrote:Well, I just found a magnifying glass and concentrated on the two tiny photos in that edition of the Clipper.

I am convinced that I can read the cab number boards on a light blue & charcoal MP15 as being unit # 172.

I"m really starting to believe this myth exists, but cannot find a picture anywhere on th internet.

Is it taboo to take a picture of the picture in the Clipper and post it? I cannot scan anything, but also don't want to infringe on any copyrights.

You shouldn't have an issue since you won't be claiming the work as your own.

Also the "plow" may have been a jet snow blower, like this one: http://www.largescaleonline.com/eimages ... Blower.jpg

See my post above.

Big difference between a GATX switcher and a Pan Am MP-15

I"m going to have to say that the GMTX #116 is the switcher I am seeing in the Clipper issue.

Wishful thinking on my part, I guess. Sure looks like a smurf paint job to me.

Thanks for clearing up the mystery for me.

We now return you to your regulularly scheduled Blue Dip paintjobs.