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It is seldom when rail watchers spot a new piece awaiting on the freight siding. My timing was perfect. It stopped raining long enough for me to grab the digital camera for two shots. I noticed this from the highway since the paint was shiny new and no graffiti gang-land tags yet. ( only a matter of time) Notice the multi-lingual language. Photo two shows the build date. And this paint job with all the markings is truly flawless. 

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Well, all I'll say is that a brand-new locomotive is a magnificent thing to experience.  The outside smells like fresh paint and often has a flawless, shining, finish.  There's no dirt underneath.  The wheels are perfect.  Everything is tight.  The interior smells of new paint and new upholstery.  Nothing rattles.  Everything works exactly right, and the engine is so quiet when coasting.

It is really a fine experience.

BORN on : "Railfans". As this thread is now a bit long in the tooth.. I sure wish my career could have been in the committee that selects paint schemes for the BIG guys. I have noticed all of you are great fans of color and lots of it. What attracts potential buyers into the new automobile showroom? A beautiful paint job and the smell of new. History books have stories of the pride the RR-men had in their rail equipment .. locomotives used to go through wash racks and then were coated with (fish) oil to appear shiny new. When I see a terrific paint job, I am FORCED to stop and look. I was a born .. dreamer. Photo is a ice cream truck bus that would look fine as 1/50 scale. Yep, I remember. Thank you. 

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  • creme: Yours truly.
  • mbus: Like this in my RR town scape. 1/50

Now most of these I really like. Not just because they are clean, or fallen flags, but because they are inspiring and look like actual design rather than a paint job with whatever was cheapest or handy. 

My fav.s seem to have one thing in common and I'm not sure why yet, but I'm really attracted to the areas of battleship grey up high, more than the vibrant colors. Maybe it's the contrasting shadows shows the detail better...?  For now, I just want enjoy looking at some modern diesels and not thinking "yuk". 

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Careful, or you'll have folks of all sorts loving trains again

Number 90 posted:

Well, all I'll say is that a brand-new locomotive is a magnificent thing to experience.  The outside smells like fresh paint and often has a flawless, shining, finish.  There's no dirt underneath.  The wheels are perfect.  Everything is tight.  The interior smells of new paint and new upholstery.  Nothing rattles.  Everything works exactly right, and the engine is so quiet when coasting.

It is really a fine experience.

Sounds similar to something else new with wheels  

....and (hopefully) the feelings operating them give the same kinda pride; a nice bonus!

I thought the fish oil was safer, cheaper, liberally applied rust prevention. Never thought of it as a "finish wax" too.

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