Iowa Interstate has completed their second Rock Island-inspired heritage unit, IAIS 516!

Looks just as bad as the stuff painted by the Rock Island, back in the old days.

Up side: Easy masking if you're painting a model

Down side: No character to the paint job at all.

 

Would have had WAY more character if they had done a variant of the one on the old carbody units.

Can't decide.  I kind of like it?  I  think it's one of those things, the longer you look at it the more it will grow on you.  Thanks for sharing this, Frank!  

 

- Mike

I like it, but then Iam a ROCK ISLAND fan. Scratch that!

Iam ROCK ISLAND crazy!! Thanks for posting the pic!

I do agree with Matt too, That paint scheme was a true classic!

+2 for Matt's view.

It would look better on a day with full sunshine.

 

Andrew

Not sure. I think that the other Heritage Unit looks way better, but it looks OK, I guess.

 

Still, give me a FEC ES44 any day of the week.

I think one of the biggest reasons it looks weird is the fact part of the Iowa Interstate wording is sitting on two different areas and to me looks extremely weird.

I agree the other unit looks a lot better, but at least they didn't use that ugly blue.

It looks like Iowa State team colors.  And not real creative.  Let's just say bad.

I think it looks good...Greg

I think if they use white letters look better than yellow. Rock Island used white letters.

I could do without it. It just looks wrong for some reason.

Not really a very attractive scheme. Their 1st paint scheme was much better.

I guess it started out as a good idea but the lettering does not look right on an ES44. Then again I didn't like it when the Rock Island had it either.

Iowa Interstate (IAIS) 513 Rock Island Heritage - Peoria to Annawan

my YT Friend Joe, Made this Railfanning Video

 

Looks like a Rose Bowl jersey.

 

I like it! I hope the next heritage unit is RI Blue 

I like it, great colors.  Now who will make a O scale one. Nick

Great looking engines, thanks.

Pausing for a moment, with my hand over my heart.