AZL EMD SD50, SD60 and SD60M

This is so awesome, love these locos!!
But you forgot the Oakways in your list, I'm sure it was just a typo, right?

I can confirm!

The Old Port Shop would appreciate them all!! Especially if we could get East Coast ones (so that we can stop trying to do them by ourselves ;-) !! )



Best,
Sven

Another exciting model. Utah Railway had SD50S. I’ll pick up a few in D&RGW and SP for helpers. Now we just need the GATX Tank Train to go with these and our Tunnel Motors! 

During a heatwave one summer, I explored a rail yard that was no more. Where there was once a hump track (for lack of a better term) was a cinderbed road surrounded by briars and tall weeds. There were bush crickets and black rabbits at almost every turn. It was sweltering. Making my way across the yard to get a glimpse of the mainline, I could hear nothing but insects. Down the straightaway, in the distance, was a shimmering image of what I thought was the face of a GP40 with that new Chessie-Seaboard railroad name (CSX). Couldn’t hear it. Could hardly make it out. It appeared as a heat mirage. The face of the train was grey but it blended in with surrounding color of the foliage. Tracking it with my eyes was a bit of a struggle. It was an empty coal drag bound for West Virginia. Of course, the road was that merger CSX. Years later I learned that the locos were SD50s or SD60s, and that that virtually all-grey paint scheme was known as stealth.

Stealth, as I know firsthand, made locomotives difficult to see and difficult to see in various weather conditions (conditions of rain and fog, at grade crossings, etc.).

Three distinct paint schemes for any road name is of historic curiosity and interest. I find this especially true when they coexisted in roughly the same timeframe. Examples that come to mind are New Haven, Denver, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, CSX, Chessie, Western Maryland, and so forth.

With the AZL release of CSX SD50s and CSX SD60s, it is my hope that one there will be a release of the (non-yellow nose, -white top, or -blue top) virtually all-grey paint scheme called stealth.

“Five of the worst locomotive paint schemes” (Trains.com):

www.trains.com/trn/railroads/locomotives/five-of-the-worst-locomotive-paint-schemes/

Scott

I guess I forgot to mention it in my previous post, but I too would like see the Oakway leasing units!

Yes that is correct

MP: All UP merger colours.