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Athearn's SD50/60 Handrails are a pain.... - Trucklover - 03-10-2009 but they look pretty good in my opinion when painted and assembled on the models Here are 2 of my CSX locos that i spend the whole day assembling and painting the handrails on lol CSX #8706 SD60 known as the "Stealth" Scheme. CSX did a ton of different paint schemes back in the mid to late 80's. This was one of them. They didnt last long tho, and most had been repainted by the early 90's. So in a way, you could call this a "fantasy" paint scheme for the CSX. Stealth units were all CSX gray from the walkway up and CSX blue from the walkway down. Some had the front and rear painted yellow with CSX Gray from the walkway up and CSX Blue from the walkway down, and some had the front, rear, walkway, and railings painted yellow while everything else was the same. Mine is like the second one described, with the front and rear painted yellow with CSX logos. My other unit is #8503 SD50 in the "YN3" Paint Scheme, also known as the "Dark Future" Scheme. This scheme hit the tracks on in February of 2002. The Gray has been completely eliminated, CSX's new blue color (slighly darker then the old blue) and CSX's Gold are the new colors for the scheme. Black underframe and CSX Gold stripe's on the walkways, with CSX Gold tipped handrails, and both front and rear handrails are all CSX Gold. Here are a few shots of both pulling a Woodchip Train Now they just need a little weathering to hide the "shinnyness" of the handrails and paint lol Re: Athearn's SD50/60 Handrails are a pain.... - eightyeightfan1 - 03-10-2009 Looks good. Re: Athearn's SD50/60 Handrails are a pain.... - Sarge - 03-10-2009 Outstanding work Josh Re: Athearn's SD50/60 Handrails are a pain.... - Trucklover - 03-16-2009 Thanks 88 and Jim