Suggestions for road name, decals .. for...custom painted Alco...

A totally random thought, but maybe one of the many old diaries that used to be in NJ might be an interesting road name.  Who says it has to be an actual railroad?  I haven't lived in NJ in 35 years, but I had at least a dozen different pint milk bottles with different local dairy names. 

My 2 cents if even that!

Daniel, I'm painting three 200 series ALCO's.  My railroad colors are dark green and yellow.  I slipped my shells in the dishwasher last night.  I will paint the top of the shell, in front of the windshields, flat black to reduce glare for the crew.  I now need a 70+ degree day to begin painting.  I'll follow your progress here.

Bill

Thanks............ for that I thought of using Mr sofftees logo!  that's the loads Im carrying ...

Since it is not a prototypical paint job apparently, perhaps you should use an imaginerary road name that means someting to you.

You could go with something like the national dairy council that way anything dairy related would look good, such as operating milk car, dairy related reefers, or dairy related flatcar loads.

@Odenville Bill posted:

Daniel, I'm painting three 200 series ALCO's.  My railroad colors are dark green and yellow.  I slipped my shells in the dishwasher last night.  I will paint the top of the shell, in front of the windshields, flat black to reduce glare for the crew.  I now need a 70+ degree day to begin painting.  I'll follow your progress here.

Bill

Heres a tip that worked for me ...I use my floor forced air  to help dry the paint after I spray

I use scotch  wide magic tape.. (the 3/4 inch frosted on)

paint the whole shell  solid my case above was light gray  then mask

with the tape for me 24 hr wait.. before I use the tape

tape the day you paint the second color

figure what you want

Most important part spray @20 inches away! light coat!

so "light" bring by forced air for 3 min it will be dry! keep repeating took me @7 times to get the  coverage

wait @12 min remove the  tape  slowly  and smoothly.

many have done it that works for them, this happened to work for me..

bottom pictures  are my first try rejuvenating  ab B&M's  the a unit was a 205 that has original  bottom paint conrail blue in the center and new decals that mimic the b units location  plus it has a blue strip on the roof line instead of white (this unit has a motor in the b I added... hope this helps  ...daniel

I   thought ab out it and I think a GM manufacture  logo on it would make more sense , as if the manufacture would be looking to find a new line for their diesel engines

....daniel