Ads on Amtrak Locomotives

[Miami Joe]

All carwash systems use an acid based soap.

Acid removes the oxidation and dirt. The acid is neutralized with a water rinse and rotating brushes in the carwash. Remember how the DeLorean cars would turn brown after washing with dish soap?

Most cars are stainless steel with decals over the shell. Loco's are painted with the "wave" decal applied over the paint.

Some Heritage cars (diners and crew cars) have been painted in the past, but I've noticed that the cars have been restored to the stainless format during overhaul. Some cars may have bad body panels and may remain painted.

The decals are being used on buses and custom cars. In Miami, they seem to fade quickly from the sun.

I don't think there is a problem with a nose decal. All equipment has "swipe" ID tags on both sides and car numbers would be applied. #84 has small numbers applied over the decals.

Didn't Amtrak want to remove the ID light from the nose?

MJ B)

 

[battalion51]

The reason why it has to stay that way is so you can ID it's Amtrak in Track warrent Control areas.Plus you always ID a train from the front so Amtrak would still have to be apinted on the front along with the # of the enigine.

The engine still says AMTK 84 on the side. I'm pretty sure as long as the engine has lit number boards, and at lest the four letter symbol with number it is acceptable. HLCX doesn't put it's name on the front of all it's engines, but its still acceptable. Engines in primer are acceptable since they have a number and the four letter symbol.