how about the "worst" paint shemes

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Any DT&I unit in Grand Trunk paint & with the nose bell removed.....
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One I forgot, Amtrak Cascade's paint.
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OLD GTW/CN green and yellow/gold.
CN striped logo.
CSX ANYTHING
GE's demo schemes
Pere Marquette
basic N&W black n white
Santa Fe Red and Silver Warbonet. ITS OVER RATED
AMTRAK current scheme
Reading Yellow and Green
old AUTO TRAIN scheme
WESTERN MARYLAND
SEABOARD and Family Lines
the list goes on.

oh and IC black and white.
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SPSF red and yellow, hands down the ugliest.
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Pan Am black
SP Popsicle Sulzers
Quaboag Transfer
Anything M-K-T green and yellow
Amtrak (Penn Central) 4316
NYO&W
Georgia/W of A/A&WP
Haysi RR
anything Trona
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NS.
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What about the CN "North America" paint scheme? looks like the paint peeled off the side of the loco but its supposed to be a map :? .... i think theye need a globe :lol:
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my least favorites

CN Noodle (zebra was OK)
CSX YN3
PC Green/PC Worm
All NS schemes are god-awful
BNSF H2 and H3 (i like H1)
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maby NS fallowed the old saying " evrey thing looks wors in black & white" :roll:
BNSF locos remind me of schnider semi trucks ( Best paint BNSF had was Santa Fe Warbonnet)
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