GG-1 alternate paint schemes-thoughts?

The GN one looks kind of classy.  The Burlington in Silver would be my choice of the 3 CB&Q schemes. 

how about a    L A C K A W A N N A   GG1 in GMY...

Definitely a CAMO GG1.

In olden days, Penn Line offered their HO GG1 in both GN and MILW.  Tyco offered their pseudo-GG1 (GG1 body w/Alco six wheel trucks) in Virginian and New Haven.

I always thought Conrail could have painted up a more svelt Bi-Centennial GG1:

Drawing: Railroad Paint Shop:  http://paintshop.railfan.net/  by Jacques Belanger

Rusty

I kinda like the Milwaukee Road scheme.

When Southern Railway rebuilt their CNO&TP or "Rathole" line in the early 1960s each tunnel not bypassed or daylighted was re-constructed with ample room for electrification. Also I have seen photos in the past of HO scale GG1s in Southern tuxedo black paint.

Here is the Nemo tunnel with the extra clearence for catenary.http://www.google.com/search?q=nemo+tunnel+southern+railway&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS346US346&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=uL6nUa3hNIm29QSemIDwBw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=683#facrc=_&imgrc=0vql_G-tzaDUCM%3A%3BC04ff0onYWs-fM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.thelink2.com%252Fnsrlink%252Femdx-1201-02.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.yardlimits.com%252Fforums%252Ftrackside%252F46648-day-emdx-1201-leading-ns-055-through-kentucky.html%3B800%3B546

Ok. playing around here alittle tonight,

Q red and grey...

...I'll do a black and grey next...

Q black and grey-

...both would look better with heralds...I'm not that good though...

My choice would be either the Burlington black or Milwaukee Road. But the Milwaukee HO unit you posted as an example is positively ghastly. If you're going to do Milwaukee Road, I would see two good options:

1. Copy the original paint job on the prototype Little Joe. It would be pretty easy to adapt to a GG-1 and would look good. 

2. Paint it all black and put a large CMStP&P herald in the middle like the 1939 paint scheme on the Bi-Polar. Super easy, and elegant. 

I bought a bunch of the K-Line club GG-1's back when they first came out and one of these days I'm going to paint one of them in each of the above options. 

Here are a couple of pictures:

Weaver catalog shot of their Little Joe.

Black MTH Bi-Polar with passenger train.

Paint a GG1? What a terrible thought. If you really like the Pennsy, remember that it became PennCentral (horrible also).

And someone on the Forum will ask you if it's prototypical. Tell them it's the original.

Gerry

How about a LIRR GG 1? I did this paint scheme years ago and still like it today!

-Southwest Hiawatha- yeah, that "red" they used was way off....no where close to the correct maroon and that lettering isn't right...looks good on the GN, but not the MR.

I like that idea of the all black CMSP&P...have to think about that one.

-gmorlitz- I like pensy stuff, I just have too much of it given my user name and prefered RR. My origonal thoughts were to strip all the apint off and polish it but that seemed too shiney then. That pink one...nah, painted a pink fire engine for daughter once when she was briefly into models...think that was once too many.

-LennyJ- nice!