What is the idea behind that hideous paint job?
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| Posted by FSWood on June 8, 2025 | |
Might have been inspired by the B&O's President Washington Pacific loco back in the day.
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The bridge is down to two tracks? Looks like a bottleneck to me.
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Well....The Pennsy used to operate their Brunswick Green (very dark green) painted steam locomotives on this very same bridge. The Brunswick Green paint didn't look too bad. Having said that, my hope is that one of the first steps in the restoration of #614 is to remove the 'loud' green paint from #614! I understand why they painted #614 the way they did, but....I wish they could have selected a more suitable color to match the C&O's typical black coloring for their steam locomotives. Nice photo.
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@Sid Vaught, IIRC, Ross Rowland tried to create a dinner train hauled by the 614 back in the 2000s that fell through. That paint job is what it would have worn if it had actually happened.
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Years ago, there was a plan to run something called the "Greenbrier Express" in WV, but nothing ever came of it. The locomotive went on display in those colors to advertise it. It will be interesting to see what the plan is for it. So many engine projects seem to get started before the organizers even have a contract for a place to run it.
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Supposedly, it was repainted in a Greenbrier Hotel inspired scheme in anticipation of operations between the famous hotel and Washington DC, or so I was told. I have photos of it going from black to green from 2013 or so.
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