KSmitty wrote:I wonder whats with the new rush. They went a year doing nothing, and now they have (counting unconfirmed) 4-5 repaints this summer. Does the PAS deal have anything to do with it?
There have been two locomotives painted this summer. They were:
370 released about 6/5/09
327 released about 8/14/09
In addition, the two business cars were repainted and released the last week of July 2009.
These were the first locomotive repaints since 4 (506, 307, 350, 352) were repainted during summer 2008. And those four were the first locos repainted since 505 & 511 were repainted in the phase 1 scheme in late 2006. There were no loco repaints in 2007. There are rumors that the painting might continue, but that remains to be seen. I hope it does continue. It will remain difficult for people to call the railroad "Pan Am Railways" as long as most of their locomotives say "Guilford Rail System".