Phase VII Car Repaint Status

[TommyBNSF]

The day has finally arrived, as the first legacy car to receive Phase VII was released out of Beech Grove this morning, Viewliner I #62032. As such, as I said in the P42 Phase VII thread, I will make a new thread for the status of the Phase VII cars. Since the Superliners, Horizons, and Viewliners are maintained at Beech Grove, they'll be easier to keep track of than the Amfleets based out of Bear, but I'll try to keep an eye out for those as well. So far, just one repaint has happened, but I imagine that will change very soon.

Viewliner I
AMTK 62032 Iroquois River - 12/12/24

 

[cocojacoby]

So now after Phase III was reintroduced on all of the new Viewliners, Amtrak comes out with another new scheme? I prefer Phase III to be applied to all of the equipment but for crying out loud Amtrak, will you pick a scheme and stick with it? I hate the mixed up collection of paint schemes that make a train look like a ragtag fleet of unrelated equipment. A unified image is important in people's perception of a company's quality and reputation. Sorry but this is just maddening to me.

 

[zephyr17]

Amtrak itself is a pretty ragtag outfit, so that image fits its actual quality and reputation.

 

[Maglev]

It looks as if the designer forgot that passenger cars have windows. Just be thankful they're not doing a wrap...

 

[AmtrakBlue]

So now after Phase III was reintroduced on all of the new Viewliners, Amtrak comes out with another new scheme? I prefer Phase III to be applied to all of the equipment but for crying out loud Amtrak, will you pick a scheme and stick with it? I hate the mixed up collection of paint schemes that make a train look like a ragtag fleet of unrelated equipment. A unified image is important in people's perception of a company's quality and reputation. Sorry but this is just maddening to me.

This scheme matches with the Chargers are pulling the single level trains.