Added some detail to the blue boxes

[Gary S]

Thanks for posting those, GEC. Very neat, the blue BNSF is cool!

[Puddlejumper]

As for the GE's, I really don't know why BNSF 4560 and NS 8447 would have swapped doors. Unless someone in the shop was being funny. I have no doubt it probably occurred at Altoona when the BNSF unit was on NS rails. Either that or at CEECO when the NS unit was out on BNSF and needed some sort of repair.

I really like that photo of the BNSF blue unit with the Conrail showing through.

[Russ Bellinis]

Before the merger, the SF would do almost anything for power when they were short. A couple of years before the merger, it may have been right after the SPSF merger was denied, the SF was power short, and took delivery of some new power from EMD or GE painted solid grey with SF reporting marks and numbers just to get the power on the road. Those units received the red & silver warbonnet later if I remember correctly.

[Lester Perry]

Tom they look great with only one problem. The blue appears to be a little light.

[tomustang]

Tom they look great with only one problem. The blue appears to be a little light.

Maybe, but that darker blue needs a bit gray in there

[Lester Perry]

enough said.

[tomustang]

[Lester Perry]

I have put this thought on here before but I will say it again. CSX is Chessie Seaboard Expanding. Note which is first. Now around 1960 C&O bought B&O and WM saving both from demise. Part of the deal was to keep B&O from becoming C&O. I think it was in the early 70s when the Chessie System came to life. Chessie is the C&O Cat. It almost failed and the merge with Seaboard might have saved it. This merger was CSX. Long live the Chessie cat. At a pretty close time line the C&O rejected a takeover of PRR and NYC which merged to make up the bigger part of Conrail. A few years ago CSX and Norfolk and Southern bought Conrail. So as I see it Conrail should be painted enchantment blue. I also feel that if you think about it C&O / Chessie bought PRR. Before some poor PRR lover gets upset. I know that there is still a PRR on paper and some trackage somewhere. and this is all in fun. I know that C&O for progress is gone but I like my scenario of events because it gets you guys fired up.

[Puddlejumper]

Oh snap!... shots fired!! That CSX patched CR GP40 made me nauseous...

[Lester Perry]

Oh snap!... shots fired!! That CSX patched CR GP40 made me nauseous...

TRUTH HURTS DON'T IT.

I ran this one year during my open house. I am in the heart of Conrail country. I got very similar comments then

[bdw9535]

Les,

Here's what happens when you mix Conrail and C&O

Bruce

[e-paw]

[BR60103]

Ooooh! Devious Diseasel and troublesome trucks!

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Oh snap!... shots fired!! That CSX patched CR GP40 made me nauseous...

TRUTH HURTS DON'T IT.

I ran this one year during my open house. I am in the heart of Conrail country. I got very similar comments then

CSX 6420 was a C&O unit, not a conrail one. The truth DOES hurt!

Rivet counter for the win!

[Lester Perry]

Les,

Here's what happens when you mix Conrail and C&O

Bruce

Yea it kind of looks like the empty C&O hoppers tried to run over the Conrail Locomotives. They got it off the track though even though they were light. When it came off they didn't want to stop.

CSX 6420 was a C&O unit, not a conrail one. The truth DOES hurt!

Rivet counter for the win!

I just took an old Conrail shell and modified it keeping the Conrail number Check this <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/emd/sd402/sd402rost.html">http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/emd/sd402/sd402rost.html</a><!-- m --> it does list that as a Conrail number. My technical mistake. Also as I said before the C in CSX is Chessie.
Also this was about the wrong Blue being used. I was only trying to help. After all they will be painted C&O blue & yellow with sides being Seaboard gray. I know the yellow has been changed to gold for some reason.