Author Topic: Ed's Law: 1 car - 2 paint schemes - Not a demo/test scheme.  (Read 825 times)

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learmoia

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While at Galesburg (on the bridge) Friday afternoon - I slowly drove across to see what was out there and I found an ICG 89' boxcar - Box car red with the plain "i" logo.. that I wanted to get a shot of...

I turned around to come back to park, and found an ICG 89' boxcar - Orange with the Circle "i" logo... (... where did the other one go  :?)

Sure enough..


ICG 680112 - 1 car.. two schemes...

~Ian
 
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Re: Ed's Law: 1 car - 2 paint schemes - Not a demo/test scheme.
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2016, 09:47:07 AM »
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Quite the anomaly there....  I like it!

Now just to find a bluford box to weather up....

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Re: Ed's Law: 1 car - 2 paint schemes - Not a demo/test scheme.
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2016, 10:14:37 AM »
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Love it!!!  Hate the graffiti.

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Re: Ed's Law: 1 car - 2 paint schemes - Not a demo/test scheme.
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2016, 03:52:14 PM »
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Considering the paint schemes involved, the car existed in this form long before the Graffiti.. or safety stripes.  This car would date back to the early 1980s wouldn't it?..   

Found the car on rrpicturearchives and it remained (relatively) graffiti free until 2009...
... and at the time it had original initial/number stencils for each scheme.

-Ian
« Last Edit: June 27, 2016, 03:58:51 PM by learmoia »
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Re: Ed's Law: 1 car - 2 paint schemes - Not a demo/test scheme.
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2016, 04:20:53 PM »
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Wow, who knew there's a prototype for that! :facepalm: :D

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Re: Ed's Law: 1 car - 2 paint schemes - Not a demo/test scheme.
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2016, 07:17:43 PM »
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Looks like one side of the car needed some touch-up repainting at some point.

I've seen other examples where one half or more of a car side has been repainted and lettering and logos appropriately restored. Not much of a leap to an entire side.