Lionel Texas and Pacific Legacy GP7

@NHVRYGray posted:

Anyone have an actual picture of one of these engines?  All I can find is an illustration and it shows the color as yellow in stead of orange (Swamp Holley Orange).  Atlas did a non TMCC T&P SW9 early on and it was correct.  Before I even consider taking the plunge, I want to know if the color is correct.

Gray

Atlas Also Did a well done GP7 around 10 (?) years ago. It was also “swamp holly orange”.  I’ve checked my reference book “Texas & Pacific Color Pictorial” by Goen. Reproduction of color photography can be tricky as source images may not retain original colors, diesel is sun faded or dirty etc.  Many images images in the book show sharp SHO color but some tend to a more dull - off color orange. A few trending orange yellow - but one might blame lighting in picture. I don’t find “blatant” yellow examples. At best I’d call it yellow - orange. I wish I had a definitive answer for you. I hope there’s a T&P color expert out there that will step up.
I’ve also wondered about the Lionel offering color. Be careful.

I moved this thread from the 3-rail scale forum to the appropriate Lionel products forum since this clearly is a question about a specific Lionel locomotive.

@NHVRYGray posted:

Anyone have an actual picture of one of these engines?  All I can find is an illustration and it shows the color as yellow in stead of orange (Swamp Holley Orange).  Atlas did a non TMCC T&P SW9 early on and it was correct.  Before I even consider taking the plunge, I want to know if the color is correct.

Gray

Looks like Mr. Muffin's has a picture for you.  They're yellow alright.

Well here’s the Atlas model - “Swamp Holly Orange”. The photo is mine. Use for comparison. Image not edited.

Thanks for the picture link.  While not a T&P follower, I always thought their diesels were pretty (as well as the I1 2-10-4s).  Oh well, saved me some money.