12-07-2012, 05:31 PM
There is one other thing I am not sure if I understood it correctly
The first CSX paint scheme was blue and gray only. No yellow at.
The next one is YN1 with a yellow front and rear but no yellow at the sides at the front and the end. It looks like there are two sub version of that scheme. One with no other yellow and one with a yellow stripe along the sill. All photos of the 2557 I could find and the Athearn shell have that yellow stripe. A wider sample of CSX GP38-2 with the YN1 paint scheme shows no specific pattern if this strip is used or not. Some run without that stripe well after the year 2000. However most YN1 engines do not have that stripe on early photos. I "decided" therefor my model is a very early one and has no stripe (I painted it over with blue) even I could not find an early photo of 2557 without the stripe. I prefer the plain scheme.
This is an YN1 engine like mine with the yellow stripe
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/1/...587920.jpg
and this one has no yellow stripe
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/3/...514180.jpg
The first CSX paint scheme was blue and gray only. No yellow at.
The next one is YN1 with a yellow front and rear but no yellow at the sides at the front and the end. It looks like there are two sub version of that scheme. One with no other yellow and one with a yellow stripe along the sill. All photos of the 2557 I could find and the Athearn shell have that yellow stripe. A wider sample of CSX GP38-2 with the YN1 paint scheme shows no specific pattern if this strip is used or not. Some run without that stripe well after the year 2000. However most YN1 engines do not have that stripe on early photos. I "decided" therefor my model is a very early one and has no stripe (I painted it over with blue) even I could not find an early photo of 2557 without the stripe. I prefer the plain scheme.
This is an YN1 engine like mine with the yellow stripe
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/1/...587920.jpg
and this one has no yellow stripe
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/3/...514180.jpg
Reinhard