I like your assessment Matt! I believe the KP&W management believes that it is important for their equipment (especially locos and cabooses) to look good for business's sake. Decrepit equipment makes a poor impression and doesn't inspire confidence. Worth the investment.

Ralph Wrote:I should have noted in my first post that it really was the ease with which I could make the locos match that motivated the new KP&W scehme. Laziness wins out again!

Ralph. You have a long way to go to reach the "corporate mentality".
It's not "laziness", it was simply.......mask the areas that were to remain orange.....shoot black.....Done !!!
That!, sir, is "economical", not " lazy ".

Yeah, that's the ticket! Economics!
Thanks Pete!

To be fair, not ALL patches have to look decrepid. Some are done well-

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Yep, that is a neat job.