Daylight Cab Forward - NOT for purists

Hey Guys,

 

I have seen the real Cab Forward at the CA State Railroad Museum.  I think that the Lionel version looks better.  This is what SP should have done.

 

There are many photos of Cab Forwards pulling passenger trains over Donner Summit.  The Daylight trains were never operated on this route.  This is probably the reason that SP did not paint a Cab Forward in the Daylight colors.  

 

Another reason the Cab Forwards were black is that the soot from the many tunnels on the Donner route quickly covered everything.  SP stopped painting the company name on the sides of the Cab Forward tenders for this reason.

 

A friend bought one of these.  I can hardly wait to see it run.

 

Joe

 

 

 

 

 

You should be flogged and sent outta town on a rail for that remark, Joe!  Questioning how SP painted their engines.  Hmmmph, clearly not an SP fan. 

 

 

I have been to the Sacramento Museum as well. The Cab Forward is certainly impressive. It is also beautifully painted in a high gloss finish, not the flat to satin finish of the models. There seems to be all sorts of questioning of paint and paint schemes.

I thought I heard a rumor that the State Railroad Museum is thinking about painting up the Cab Forward to match the Daylight scheme...apparently this appeals to many younger folks, and they are always exploring options to increase visitor traffic.

 

Looks quite spectacular actually, kind of artsy!

 

r0d

 

 

 

 

That replicates the "as delivered" look.  Out in the field, that gloss didn't last very long.

 

 

 

Poser.

 

 

 

 

Why wasn't a Pennsylvania RR Big Boy offered like the Union Pacific centipede, because the Pennsylvania RR didn't order one as the UP did and cancelled?

When Passenger Train Collector mentioned that he was getting one of these Lionel Southern Pacific Daylight Colored Scale Cab Forwards, I questioned his thinking. Now that Lionel has this product in our hands, Its Fantastic. Its really amazing that todays technology allows Crisp Clear Paint Jobs that are simply Beautiful. Now, maybe its a fantasy color scheme, but it looks good, pulls great, and in Legacy mode, its a very Fun to Run Locomotive. Happy Railroading

 

+2, thanks Marty.

 

Heck, I still am, and all the other me-toos!  

This will be the most talked about cab forward in the next 20 years!
And very collectable. Ironic Hobby. Guess its why I like it.

Hot digs! I am 100% in favor of painting 4294 in Daylight colors.  I think Lionel should fund it - that way we have a prototype!  They also would need to guarantee costs for putting it back in black.

       
       
Now Bob, don't be part of the problem and encourage such atrocious behavior.

Besides,  Lionel's Daylight cab forward is the wrong cab # (4275 vs. 4294).

If there was ever an engine that screamed ' ramming speed!' This is it.  I'm sure JK would like every one rammed into a brick wall.  I'm not too crazy about it myself.  I guess I'm a Lionel Lines snob .

       
       
Nah, would never wish that.  Just get all those oddball people off whatever they've been smokin' that makes them think scale cab forwards in Daylight colors are cool and repaint all those Lionel models right the way they're supposed to be. 

Yep. That's the same process I'd recommend for getting rid of "pumpkins" and "graffiti units."

I had a friend voice the opinion that the Cab Forward was such a utilitarian, ponderous, heavy freight hauler, and rather ungainly in appearance, that it sort of makes the striping humorous, like racing stripes on a bulldozer. As a utilitarian and functional engine it had its own beauty, but he felt the daylight striping was like seeing a boxer wearing an orange and red striped leotard. I had to chuckle, but whatever - people can run pink and purple engines if it turns their prop and they want to pay for it, and purists will roll their eyes and think it's stupid.

 

While I personally have no interest in a Cab Forward, I'd make a move on one if they did it in this scheme; and no one would think I didn't know it was make-believe. (Well, maybe a few.)

 

hello guys and gals.........

 

I think its PRETTY !!!!!!!, I like it

 

Tiffany

 

Veni Vidi Emi

 

I came, I saw, I bought

 

I like it so much I think I'll get two! 

 

Rod