Interesting.
I dont recall ever seeing "Southern Pacific" in red before.
Anyone know the story behind the red lettering?
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This was one of the “red lettering” units, reportedly having the unusual scheme due to the Scotchlite white reflective lettering cracking and peeling, revealing the SP scarlet base coat.
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The red lettering wasn't intentional, the silver lettering was scotchlite instead of paint, and sometimes it would peel off to reveal the red paint underneath. (for some reason, they painted units red first, then masked them and painted the gray on, so when the scotchlite peeled it showed red.) This was most common on SW15s.
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Good information, thank you.
Seems inefficient to paint ( almost ) the entire unit twice, especially considering all but the ends were red.
I could understand painting it all grey first, then red over the grey, but all red first, then grey over the red?
Hmm... does not seem very practical.
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