12-06-2011, 10:55 AM
That could be, I was reading about it on their web site and at the So Cal Railfan Forums when it was announced that all of the old and colorful PHL equipment was going away because they had received grants from the federal & state governments to cover 90% of the cost to replace their old used equipment with modern gen-sets & low emission diesels. The old PH had a bunch of Sw7's(I think) that were painted in the previous owner's Harbor Belt Line colors of a blue similar to Conrail Blue or GN Big Sky Blue. It was hard to tell the original color because the paint was weathered and oxidized to a chalky, faded blue color. They also had an ex-S.P. (I'm guessing S.P. because it had a plethora of lights) that was freshly painted in the black widow scheme. They had a couple of Sd23 or 24 painted in Zebra Stripe. All of the new equipment is painted in the Zebra Stripe scheme. I was told by someone that the owner who bought the Harbor Belt Line and renamed it the Pacific Harbor Line, is a railfan and likes the old, classic railroad liveries. The company is not affiliated with the S.F. or BNSF, but I guess his favorite of the classic liveries is the S.F. zebra stripe because all of the new equipment got that paint scheme.