Whats the best looking paint scheme?

[KCSRailfan]

KCS Southern Belle Scheme,the Older scheme used on the Passenger Units and the Modern one.

 

[Jeremiaha Austin]

Then again ...

Them trucks are silver.

 

[NYSW F45]

I like,
Amtrak shamu on the P42's
NYS&W's yellow jacket
KCS Belle
Florida East Coast pre railamerica
Erie Railroad green with golden wings on the nose of a E8A
Erie Lackawanna Grey with maroon and yellow
NYC Lightning bolt stripe


But mostly a fan of these guys as I am trying to model them.

 

[tnolan55]

My 2 favorites are Chessie System and The Western Maryland Circus scheme
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[Irongrave]

I love the D&H lighting strips and the Santa Fe super fleet colors. beyond that nothing like an ugly grungy alco in my book

 

[PEIR]

I think MRL's Lions Head scheme is classy for a modern road.

 

[wheeler1963]

I've gotta say the Alton and Southern. Nice color combination and very noticeable from a distance.

 

[d_sinsley]

the Hiawatha with the streamlined atlantic in the front

 

[malibu43]

Southern Pacific Daylight FTW!

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/steamfans/Full_head_of_steam.jpg

 

[LoudMusic]

There is/was a small railroad that used a light gray body color with a dark blue/purple band around the whole locomotive at 'name badge' level, similar to Susquehanna's style. It was beautiful and I haven't been able to find it again

 

[NYSW F45]

Oh, i gotta throw in the Indiana Railroads new paint on the SD90MACS!!

 

[Jeremiaha Austin]

C&O Tri Color

How about the C&O Tri Color.

 

[dispatcher812]

I am really liking the Providence And Worcester scheme from the 80's.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2077824

I have played on MS paint with this scheme in several different colors.

 

[Cjcrescent]

How about the Southern's classic Tuxedo or the Green and Gold of the Crescent!

 

[Tasco26]

Not in any order but these are my favorite:

Penn Central Green

Santa Fe (blue and yellow)

Alaska (blue and yellow)

 

[d_sinsley]

How about the Southern's classic Tuxedo or the Green and Gold of the Crescent!

now thats a cool paint job. I like that one.

 

[N-gauged]

Yeh, I really like this one a lot too.

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[Artieiii]

Southern Pacific Daylight FTW!

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/steamfans/Full_head_of_steam.jpg

I second that
Southern Pacific Daylight color scheme just looks great to me. That's why I bought one a few years ago in HO scale: Bachmann #4446 GS4 Daylight with smoke.
-Art

 

[N-gauged]

I like the Rio Grande freight scheme:

And the Santa Fe War Bonnet scheme:

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[cncproadwarrior]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I love the bandits.