I am ordering the Amtrak E8 pair. Lionel, great job on this pair! Two of the very first units! I always wished Amtrak had adopted this proposed scheme. And the patched Seaboard unit, that's how it was. As Amtrak began its attempt to rebuild a network abandoned by its predecessors, it quickly started branding a new network. Historic units here. Curious whether Lionel will paint over the porthole windows as shown or plate them over the way Amtrak did due to corrosion around the windows? I assume the portholes will be there, I am ok with that, but if they plate them over like the real one I will be impressed by Lionels efforts!
Should have done the Amtraks as an anniversary units next year. Amtrak's 50th.
The 4316 was a one of a kind, for the beginning of Amtrak. The from SCL patch was done to get the Amtrak name out quickly, but the patch was done in such a way it did not have to be redone when it got full Amtrak treatment.
Considering the number of PC and SCL E units, the 4316 livery would have been great on those. But on the SDP and later models, not so much.
