Rebuilt and painted.
I've never seen multiple incongruous liveries combined on a single aircraft, which is how Amtrak looks when they mix different cars from different liveries into a single train. People often ask what Amtrak can do that's completely within their power and their control. The livery is something that Amtrak has complete and total control over, so if it looks bad then that's entirely on Amtrak and nobody else. Not Congress, not Mica or Shuster, not the freight railroads, not the FRA or STB, just Amtrak.
Indeed. However, it isn't always cut and dry, particularly when vehicles are challenging the equipment to a joust on an almost daily basis. Sometimes, an engine turn immediately upon arrival. Additionally, there is weather to consider. Most car wash facilities will not operate when the temperature is close to freezing. It is easy for dirt, grime and dust to build up on the exterior for this period.
This statement is not entirely true and for all of the comments on various boards, we have easily missed what could be painfully obvious...if you think about it...and when I say "we", I include myself since I didn't initially put two and two together.
h34r:
Yes indeed!
It's another throwback to the F40 days. They used to get stenciled for where they were based out of back when they were assigned to specific pools.
