I am on the fence with this one. Yellow and gray is a odd match me thinks.
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I think that light colors on diesel locomotives is never a good idea. They show the dirt too easily. They can look terrible after just a few weeks in service.
one more time around for the folks that missed it.
I dunno.That has a bit of a "Rail Beast" feel to it.
I do think NS is due for a color change though.
Not a fan of this or the red bonnet.
I prefer the red/gray combo over this model. But I would buy both if MTH offers the models in the Premier line.
Love it! This and 8520 are some of my favorite painted engines on the rails today!
I like it. Caterpillar yellow. Will stay cleaner than the GEs.
Seems strangely refreshing.
Hopefully the next one is a green mane so the gorail 6963 has a friend.
looks like
Well, as I stated in the other thread about this a couple of days ago, this is the first "mane bonnet" I like. 
Rusty
That is more highly-visible from a distance than black.
Andrew
I like it a lot and would be in for a Legacy version.
The yellow and SILVER above is much better looking IMO...
Rider Sandman posted:I like it a lot and would be in for a Legacy version.
Ditto...
no NoNO! I am certain if this was put to the stockholders it would be soundly rejected. That it is even considered shows how far N'S management has strayed from its original roots.
FORMER OGR CEO - RETIRED posted:I think that light colors on diesel locomotives is never a good idea. They show the dirt too easily. They can look terrible after just a few weeks in service.
I have to agree with Rich on this one. Not only do they get dirty faster, but this yellow just doesn’t look great with the grey... If it was up to me, I would keep the cab the same color but instead of the grey I would make it back. I think it would look much better that way.
THUMBS DOWN here! Maybe a medium to dark green with some yellow?
Bill N posted:no NoNO! I am certain if this was put to the stockholders it would be soundly rejected. That it is even considered shows how far N'S management has strayed from its original roots.
Beware... There may come a day when all you can do is sit back in your rocking chair and remember "when NS went Technicolor."
Rusty
Bill N posted:no NoNO! I am certain if this was put to the stockholders it would be soundly rejected. That it is even considered shows how far N'S management has strayed from its original roots.
Yeah. Their roots of colorful green engines with nice white fronts. 
"I do think NS is due for a color change though."
Absolutelynot. (I would reduce the amount of white, though, and the horse has never worked for me.)
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The last Louisville and Nashville scheme before Family Lines/SBD/CSX. The top photo below was taken by a friend of mine, Phil Kotheimer, of the Hummingbird or the Pan American, in the mid-60's, west of Mobile in Pascagoula MS. Eastbound, I think. (This photo has been on the cover of a hardbound book, but I forget the title.)
Not sure of location:
Here's the problem with the gray/yellow idea: The L&N used different colors, but about the same same shade, so in B&W, you get this. A different filter would have helped, but the problem is always there. Note black pinstripe separating the 2 colors, below the windshield. (Don't be so sure that many of us don't like our B&W photography.)
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What colors have MTH and Lionel done or announced in these special paint units? MTH did two with blue and yellow separator (even though I can't find them in the product locator) MTH did the black with red separator 20-20802-1 and black with blue separator 20-20805-1. What Else?
Gray Lackey
Reversed (Pilbara Rail):
Light orange instead of yellow (Quebec Northshore & Labrador):
People belly aching because NS engines are all black and white. They add color and more griping. Besides SD70 ACe's look good in anything. Like a pretty girl.
I like the Conversion units. Wish they could be in black instead of gray but I can live with that. 😉
breezinup posted:
It's like a hippie filled their lava lamp with Grey Poupon 
It beats the everyday & oridinary though
Mustard yellow and fat grey stripe inside two thin white ones and black pinstrip seperating each were the colors of my last dune buggy. I took the color pattern from vintage "gum sole" sneakers 
It looks "tough" when grubby, yet "refreshing" when clean.
For all the naysayers----I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave
I like the black and gray version. Breaks up the boring black with a little white most other NS diesels are painted.
I like it.
Diesel-Electric Locomotives are too big and expensive to be painted just black.
They need this high-visibility yellow.
Andrew
