chuchubob wrote:4803 on train 4620Great pictures! I think the NJ Transit P40's look awesome.
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Oof, phillies, that's a face only a mother could love...
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.
Tadman wrote:Oof, phillies, that's a face only a mother could love...With the paint scheme on the NJT P40's it's either you love them or you hate them, haha
Its not the fault of the P40s on this one. NJT needs to stop using this Vergara guy or whatever his name is for the paint schemes.
Having seen the elegant NS decked out in PC black and white, I think NJT should go simple. A P40 in black would be nice. Or yes, back in the old CNJ colors.... Oh I don't know. Something about this color scheme on this engine that just looks aesthetically "challenged".... :-/
I think black and white would remind the old heads at NJT if there is any of the GG1s and E8s. How grungy and dirty those looked... And their infamous mechanical issues (how rare it was for an E8 to make it from South Amboy to Bay Head with both engines running...). I think NJT honestly had it right with the disco stripe scheme as applied to the Geeps F40s and Comets I-IV. This sad sack edition they have now especially in the case of the PL42 makes it look like a Kindergarten class attacked the newer equipment with buckets of paint they splashed on.
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
beanbag wrote:Its not the fault of the P40s on this one. NJT needs to stop using this Vergara guy or whatever his name is for the paint schemes.hehe, he designed the P40 body for Amtrak. I'm guessing he didn't do the paint scheme for just three locomotives, they probably had an in-house graphic designer adapt the PL42 scheme.
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.
There was nothing classier than the blue and silver NJDOT paint schemeAgreed agreed agreed.... The new engines could look better in a simpler scheme. They are not inherently unattractive, but the paing job ... yeesh...
I had a drawing of a P40/42 that was painted into a njdot livery. It looked really cool on the P40. I can't find it on my photobucket, if i can remember tonight i'll look on my old computer.
transit383 wrote:There was nothing classier than the blue and silver NJDOT paint scheme:
NJDOT 4103
I agree!!
Even if someone donated $15,000 to NJT they probably wouldn't ever paint one of their locomotives back in to it!!! But i say what is the big deal, especially if they put "NJT" stencils under the cab!!!
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$15 000 won't cover cost of repainting a Locomotive.
If Conductors are in charge, why are they promoted to be Engineer???
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Found the drawings i had done up a while ago. I'de revise it and narrow the silver alot so its not the whole side. But kinda gives you an idea.
AMTK822401 wrote:Have they ever run A P40 up the Port Jervis line?I doubt it. Very few if any Hoboken Division engineers were offered to qualify on the P-40s.
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