Well, I think I'm up to six coats by now; with all of the repaint and touchup. Here's a blend of just three colours on the main deck, producing...
My favourite shot. Second coat of paint added, using several different colours to try to create a dithered effect, looking from the horizon up...
Second coat of paint added, using several different colours to try to create a dithered effect, looking from the horizon up towards a deep azure...
First coat down. The coverage is a little patchy, but it's there and it's blue. This is the only photo that came out right; all the rest have been...
First coat down. The coverage is a little patchy, but it's there and it's blue. This photo has been photoshopped to make it blue, not green; with...
New Santa Fe "Super Fleet" Dash 8-40BWs #503/#505 lead the 1-198-12 train through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass on their first trip west on...
Eastbound Santa Fe blue and yellow warbonnets, lead by SD40-2 #5185, grind upgrade with loaded autoracks through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass in 1986.
Santa Fe GP60M #160 leads an A-A-A-A set of red/silver warbonnet power on this eastbound TOFC train through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass in 1991.
finally, some blue paint. an F7 and a GP38-2 pose on the mainline, 1976.
caboose gets the "patch-job" as she waits with the big blue geep.