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I'm starting to think we should revisit out trepidation on Rapido making the F40PH... Kato seems uninterested in anything not Amtrak and Metra.
@Ngineer , narrow and wide refers to the blue and red stripes. We originally called them Phase 3 Early and Phase 3 late but Amtrak asked us to change our wording. Narrow was the early Phase 3 schemeAnd wide is the later phase 3 scheme
What is the official Amtrak paint scheme naming scheme (from the broken arrow to the today's scheme)?
I thought it was "pointless arrow".
Every reference to "Comet" cars has me thinking of this:
>>>>Can't believe that it was 30 years ago!
Damn, how did you get the camera inside @mark dance 's engine house on the C & R?
@Ngineer , narrow and wide refers to the blue and red stripes. We originally called them Phase 3 Early and Phase 3 late but Amtrak asked us to change our wording.
@rapidomike Thank you for your explanation.Were the dinettes used together with Amfleet cars? That would give me a reason to buy them. Javier
You know, I'm actually kinda amazed that Micro-Trains hasn't done that yet.
So Amtrak is not on-board with the "Phase" naming modelers came up with for the various paint scheme versions? They dislike it enough to complain about it? What is the official Amtrak paint scheme naming scheme (from the broken arrow to the today's scheme)?
@peteski , The big one was actually Phase 4b, which Amtrak calls phase 6. Information below is to the best of my knowledge - keep in mind that I'm a Canuck, so I might have made an error here!Phase I would be the broken arrow, blue and red stripe. Metroliners and RDCs (and others) had a thin white stripe outside of the blue and red stripe, while the F units had no white stripe. Phase II is basically the same but without the arrow. Slight changes to the red colour (I think? Might just be how it appears in various photos). Phase III is the three stripe variant. On later Phase IIIs, the blue and red stripes are wider than the middle white stripe.Phase IV is very similar to what we have now, Phase VI. Phase IV the Amtrak wordmark on sides. Dark purple-ish blue with two red and two white stripes.Phase V was initially introduced with the Acela Express, and was also used on the P42, Sprinters and Chargers. The Chargers have a red stripe between the blue and grey colours. The P42, Acela, etc only have the red stripe along the bottom of the locomotive body. The sprinters are grouped in with phase V but had a modified promotional scheme. The Acela trainsets fall into Phase V, but have no blue stripe. I think the "Capstone" scheme used on the Amfleet Is are also included in Phase V, but I might be wrong on that one. I'm guessing that the Amtrak Midwest scheme on the Chargers also fall into Phase V, but not totally sure.Phase VI - very similar to Phase IV, but the Amtrak wordmark was replaced with the current day logo. The blue is also a bit more blue and less purple-y than the Phase IV. California and Cascades stand on their own and are not grouped in with any of the phases.