Painting Chessie System Locomotives

[fasha]

Hi All! 

Mods if this is in the wrong area, please more it TY 


Earlier this year I started a project for a guy, three undecorated locomotives (GP40 and two GP38s) he wanted painted in Chessie System livery. As it turned out, there was not a lot of info on the internet about how to go about this. So as I got started, I took photos and now I've turned them into 5 short videos. I would like to share those with the site and anyone who would like to undertake a Chessie project of their own.  I will post a few pics first so you can see the end result.















The Video are below:

Video One: 






Video Two:




Video Three:





Video Four:




Video Five:

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the cats ear in the hood logo is supposed to be all yeelow as the vremillion does not run thru that part of the chessie logo just an fyi csx photo archives has plenty of chessie pics

[fasha]

I do not see where the cats ear is any but yellow. Where did you see it vermilion on the locos I painted?

[trainnut1945]

Chessie's upper ear is supposed to be yellow just like the lower one.Other than that very nice work.

[iomalley]

The "C" is actually a simplified image of "Chessie" the cat laying on a pillow.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessie_(railroad_mascot)

The 'ear' is the part sticking up in the cutout area of the "C".

If I might make a suggestion that would improved these ol' Atlas models immensely, is to replace the handrail on the right side to eliminate the step in the railing.  Roco made the gaff when they manufactured these models, arbitrarily copying the railing on the other side with the blower duct step.  Using some Athearn stanchions and 30 thou wire should make it blend in to the rest of the railings.

[fasha]

I see where you are talking about now, on the side of the long hood. I was thinking you were talking about the low hood. Good eye for detail!

[Deleted]

Fasha sorry if I came across wrong about the logo I was just trying to let you know about that as I made the same mistake on my first 2 chessie units years ago they do look real nice and keep up the good work

[fasha]

All is good sir! No worries, Im glad you pointed it, because I completely missed it :-( But will not next time :-)

[dcs077]

Also take into consideration if any of the loco's were repainted by either the Huntington or Cumberland shops the cat logo on the front of the nose could vary in height. If emd painted it then there was usually a gap between the vermillion and the top of the blue c. If the shops painted it then the gap can vary from a big one to actually overlapping. Best to consult prototype pics.
I have actually seen pics of gp 40-2s that the blue panel on the top of the nose actually wrapped round the radius edge and extended a few inches down the nose sides.


Dan

[fasha]

Cool! Thanks for the info DCS :-)

[PVRR 2647]

Fasha~

Here is the Chessie System Photo archive website: www.trainweb.org/chessiephotos/

PVRR2647

[fasha]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing that PVRR :-)

[fasha]

Follow up question, on these locomotives, the signage that I have seen on the fireman's side toward the steps on the long hood side, it read something about merchant bank and security trust company. Was this signage on both sides of the loco?

[Milwaukee Road 513]

Great videos! Great work! 
Glad that I'm not a Chessie fan...!