January Theme New Paint or Delivery

[c415rock]

Hi Everone,

 Sorry for the delay on this theme. But here it is, post your photos of new painted or delivered units.

Enjoy!
Erik


UP C44ACCTE #6067 'Flag Wing' (Blt 4-04)[E771 E Bnd Empty Coal 1244 PM] Fostoria, OH 4-10-04 (Kris Crawley) (Front Right 3-4) Part of the Crawley collection by WB Route, on Flickr

UP C44ACCTE #6068 (Blt 4-04) on CSX [Q351 W Bnd 358 PM mixed 100 cars] Fostoria, OH 4-10-04 (Kris Crawley) (Ft Lt 3-4) Part of the Crawley collection by WB Route, on Flickr

NITX 1707 RP20BD Genset Altoona(Juniata), PA October 20,2009 Kristopher Crawley Part of the Crawley collection by WB Route, on Flickr

NITX 1706 RP20BD Genset Altoona(Juniata), PA October 20,2009 Kristopher Crawley Part of the Crawley collection by WB Route, on Flickr

Adrian & Blissfield SW-900 #836 Detroit MI, June 10,2009 K Crawley Part of the Crawley collection by WB Route, on Flickr

NS RP-E4C Slug #718 Bellevue Ohio April 27,2013 Kristopher Crawley Part of the Crawley collection by WB Route, on Flickr

UP 1995 westbound Rochelle IL, March 11,2007 Kristopher Crawley Part of the Crawley Collection by WB Route, on Flickr

Conrail SD60M #5518 @ WALBRIDGE, OH - March-93 - Kris Crawley - Crawley Collection by WB Route, on Flickr

Amtrak GP9 #774 @ Blue Island, IL - 5-27-78 - (likely) Joe Dubay - Crawley Collection by WB Route, on Flickr

[milw199]

Late model SD9

Hustle Muscle itself

SD70ACe with isolated cab

A few more getting tested

ILSX GP39-2 (ex-Kennecott)

DAIR GP39-2 (ex-Kennecott, with chopped down cab)

[gnsteve]

My son and I caught these in Missoula, MT last spring on our way home from the Helena Rail Fair.



Steve

[Randy Earle]

Former Conrail units painted for Cleveland Electric.

[milw199]

Some of Larry's junk (LTEX)






ICE in the snow


Frog eyes for ILSX



Ex-NP passenger GP9

[malcolmcelyn]

The lights on the 1396 make it look like a fairground ride!

[stevef45]

how old are some of those pics? How quick does the W&S turn around a paint job? I know they get contract work but seems like such a small work space.

[analogbeatmaker]

Jan 22, 2014 2:47:33 GMT -5 malcolmcelyn said:

The lights on the 1396 make it look like a fairground ride!

That'd be a cool fairground ride!

[milw199]

Jan 23, 2014 0:31:14 GMT -5 stevef45 said:

how old are some of those pics? How quick does the W&S turn around a paint job? I know they get contract work but seems like such a small work space.

Most are pre-2009.  The recession cut down on the amount of work available. 

Turnaround depends on the amount of work to be done.  Brand new engines in primer go through pretty quick.  If bodywork needs to be done, the time goes up. 

The extra lights on 1396 are for remote control apparatus.  Big box in the cab and short nose to make it all work. 

More stuff out of paint.

[stevef45]

wow that russell plow turned out nice.

Typically how long would it take to paint a new SD70ACE in primer? Is it painted or re-primered when they arrive? i mean they do get pretty dirty while enroute to the shop im sure.

[dave]

NS 3451 ex-CEFX SD40-2



NS 6346 ex-CR SD40E



NS 1019 SD70Ace, I think this was part of the same order the Heritage units were from.

[m a y o r 79]

Love those solid black locos

The WSOR has a really sharp scheme too.

[milw199]

Jan 24, 2014 2:55:56 GMT -5 stevef45 said:

wow that russell plow turned out nice.

Typically how long would it take to paint a new SD70ACE in primer? Is it painted or re-primered when they arrive? i mean they do get pretty dirty while enroute to the shop im sure.

The SD70ACes showed up in primer.  A bit of cleaning, then into paint they go.  No need to sandblast, fix bodywork, etc.  That SD9 needed all kinds of work to get all the doors along the sill to work properly. 

The UP Heritage ones took longer.  One-off paint schemes, then tarps (except for the MKT one). 

The plow was quite rough on delivery.  I'm pretty sure it was a MILW Shops-built plow, double track at that. 

[stevef45]

Good job on all that paint jobs though. Takes some serious skill to do what those guys do.