@TrainBub posted:Probably mentioned before but ..... anyone else besides me want to see an E6 Run 2 ????? And some later re-paints would be enticing too !!!! I’d sure love to see MP in Jenks Blue.
OK, can't resist... It's time to dust off this idea ...again...
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I know that the design studios of EMC/EMD were charged with creating paint scheme proposals for their new generation diesels to be presented to eager customers. Not all of the proposals survived to an iconic level as well as, say, the Santa Fe 'Warbonnet' scheme, but I also know that the artwork survived to this day in the hands of lucky collectors, fortunate collections, preservation mavens.
Wouldn't it be fun to locate some of these proposal artworks ( and select some to apply to a new runs of EMC/EMD's early diesels...E1's, E3's, E4's, E6's...maybe even FT's, F2/F3/s, etc.?
I know it's not very common...if at all...for Scott Mann to include a proposed model of something that existed only as artwork, that never made it to the 1:1 level for any amount of time...if at all. But it would honor those graphic artists who helped foster a whole new generation of motive power for the railroad market.
After all, I believe the latest generation of industrial graphic artists were honored with the NS Heritage schemes applied to the latest generation of diesels. Why not honor the work of other teammates of the Leland Knickerbocker era at EMC/EMD?
And, best of all?....No one could legitimately complain about the paint color being 'off'!!
...what a relief that alone would be!!!!
Just a thought...
KD
