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Thirteen Amtrak-operated, state-funded corridor routes — eight Midwest routes, three Amtrak California routes, and the Cascades and Piedmont — are operated by Amtrak using equipment that is largely owned by the states in which they operate, and painted in custom schemes that deviate from the national Amtrak livery. Several other route ...
Amtrak GE P42DC locomotive #145, which is painted in Amtrak's Phase III scheme, and is one of 16 Amtrak heritage units. A heritage unit or commemorative locomotive is a railroad locomotive painted in an honorary paint scheme; usually the paint scheme is that of a now-defunct railroad that merged with or was acquired by the locomotive's owner.
There's a new paint scheme out for the Midwest Corridor trains. At the moment it's only seen on the new Charger locomotives, but early renders from Siemens show it being applied to the cars as well. (not to mention the Amtrak California scheme appears to be changing a bit as well). Probably time to add the new scheme in...
A Southern Pacific locomotive (post-1959 gray and red paint scheme where the nose of the diesel locomotive was painted in scarlet red), [16] or the Amtrak Phase I paint scheme: A reddish-orange nose and then the Amtrak Chevron logo on the side of the locomotive. Bluebonnet One of two Santa Fe paint schemes.
Amtrak decided its new locomotives should have a new paint scheme, and in the process considered over 100 possible designs. [5] The locomotives were delivered in a wide-striped red, white and blue livery, which angled upward across the middle of the body. [6] The similarity to the design of Pepsi packaging led to the units being nicknamed ...
On August 5, 2020, Amtrak announced that one of the first six locomotives will be painted in a replica of the "Day 1" livery to commemorate 50 years of Amtrak service, while the other five will feature a preliminary "Phase VI" paint scheme. [41] The remainder of the fleet will introduce a new "Phase VII" livery.
The Amtrak Cascades is a passenger train ... Charger locomotive painted in a matching paint scheme. ... will use a new livery that includes imagery of Mount Rainier ...
In early 1977, some cars were repainted in Amtrak's Phase I paint scheme with red, white and blue ends and a small Amtrak logo. [22]: 7 [1] On September 28, the Amtrak board approved a more limited overhaul program of 16 Metroliners, as well as the purchase of the first 8 AEM-7 electric locomotives.