Bicentenial/Patriotic paint scheme.

rattler21 posted:

From another forum, RustyTraque shared this photograph taken in 1972.

What other pieces of railroad equipment were painted for the Bicentennial Celebration of our great country? 

Obviously the most famous would have been American Freedom Train #4449! I can no longer find on my computer, the nice color photo of her sitting inside the EMD McCook Plant, in July of 1975.

John in Lansing, ILL

The forgotten AFT steamer:  T&P 610.  BTW, even though 610 only ran in Texas, how well did she operate?

Plus RDG 2101.

Rusty

         http://www.freedomtrain.org/am...nd-pacific-today.htm

         thanks Dominic Mazoch...

AFT, American Freedom Train #1, ex-Reading 4-8-4 T1 #2101, on the ex-Reading Saucon Creek turntable, Hellertown, PA. 3/12/1977

  thanks Dominic Mazoch...

This singleton roamed the shop rails at Buick City, Flint, MI, in 1976....

I've long been wanting to paint an old Lionel NW up in this scheme, but have not found decals accurate/appropriate enough......and the preparation/costs for a one-off set extremely prohibitive.

There were some other Bi-Cen variations applied to the engine later on, mostly simplification of the scheme...

The engine is long gone.  Then again, so is Buick City.  Ditto much of the city's population and other GM facilities.   

But it was a class act in its time!

KD

briansilvermustang posted:

AFT, American Freedom Train #1, ex-Reading 4-8-4 T1 #2101, on the ex-Reading Saucon Creek turntable, Hellertown, PA. 3/12/1977

  thanks Dominic Mazoch...

Photos of AFT/Reading #2101, 11 days ago at the  B&O museum Baltimore. Too bad she's out in the elements . . . 

Bob

In her past Red, White, and Blue glory.

Bob

One of my personal Bicentennial favorites was the NYS&W RS-1. I have a model of it in HO.

Bob

From an alternate universe, my concept for a Conrail bicentennial GG1:

Rusty

This was the inside front cover of the AT&SF 1975 Annual Report.

Anything in this road counts.

Rusty Traque posted:

From an alternate universe, my concept for a Conrail bicentennial GG1:

Rusty

GG1 4877 posted:

We are sort of drifting away from this forum's real purpose; Real Trains.  However, I need to comment on Rusty's drawing.  To me it is too conservative, or blah, like so many of the other bicentennial schemes of the era.  The real CONRAIL design as posted by Jonathon showing their 3rd Rail model, however, was very flashy, noticeable, and meant to be short term.  It really celebrated our 200th birthday.

RRDOC posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

AFT, American Freedom Train #1, ex-Reading 4-8-4 T1 #2101, on the ex-Reading Saucon Creek turntable, Hellertown, PA. 3/12/1977

  thanks Dominic Mazoch...

Photos of AFT/Reading #2101, 11 days ago at the  B&O museum Baltimore. Too bad she's out in the elements . . . 

Bob

Stuff like this make me mad!!They could have at least put it in a shed.If nothing to keep the rain off it.**** shame!!

               http://www.trainweb.org/scream...gle/gallery/aft.html

2 treasures and 1 photo from the 1976 Bicentennial

Rusty Traque posted:

From an alternate universe, my concept for a Conrail bicentennial GG1:

Rusty

That's how Conrail SHOULD have done it. The actual one looked like some kids went nuts with a box of stick on stars.

Jim

Weirton Steel Alco S-2 locomotive in Bicentennial paint scheme, circa 1976.

George

I have other Bicentennial locos on slides, but I had this one scanned.