Amtrak announces 50th anniversary Heritage Units

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Amtrak announces 50th anniversary Heritage Units

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https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... ube-video/

Concept art for some of them look cool especially the Midnight Blue scheme.

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Everyone seems to be raving about the Midnight Blue scheme... I think it's the worst out of the lot. I'm digging the Day 1 scheme.

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Personally I love the day 1 and the Pepsi can. I wish day 1 would be the standard.. phase 6 and the “7” concept are meh.. midnight blue I agree is meh. Phase 6 on the P42 is not great but maybe better than phase 5. I wish the Midwest scheme would go away but were probably stuck with that.
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Midnight Blue is the best of the bunch, along with the Dash 8 Phase III.
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Only issue I see is that these may only last 5-10 years before being scrapped as the new Chargers show up.

Pepsi Can and Day 1 are my favorites of the bunch for sure, with Midnight Blue close behind
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Saturnalia wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:11 am
Only issue I see is that these may only last 5-10 years before being scrapped as the new Chargers show up.

Pepsi Can and Day 1 are my favorites of the bunch for sure, with Midnight Blue close behind
That’s plenty for a special paint scheme, especially one celebrating a specific milestone.
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