Union Pacific 5944 Coal Train
by Janette Boyd
Title
Union Pacific 5944 Coal Train
Artist
Janette Boyd
Medium
Photograph - Photo/texture
Description
Photo taken somewhere in Nebraska of a Union Pacific #5944 Coal Train.
Sky and grass texture provided by Janette Boyd with brush strokes using photoshop techniques.
Union Pacific's basic paint scheme for its diesel-electric locomotives is the oldest still in use by a major railroad. The middle two-thirds of the locomotive body is painted Armour Yellow, so-named because it was the color used by the Armour meat company. A thin band of Signal Red divides this from the Harbor Mist Gray (a fairly light gray) used for the body and roof above that point. Signal Red is also painted at the bottom of the locomotive body, but this color has gradually become yellow as new Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations for reflectorized tape came into effect in 2005; the trucks, underframe, fuel tanks and everything else beneath that line are also Harbor Mist Gray. Lettering and numbering are in Signal Red, with black outlines. Some locomotives (historically passenger locomotives, and some recent units from 2000 on) have white-outlined blue "wings" on the nose.
More recently, some units have been repainted with a large, billowing American flag with the corporate motto "Building America" on the side, where the 'UNION PACIFIC' lettering is normally positioned. This paint scheme is known as "Building America," "Wings," or "Flags and Flares."
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February 10th, 2014
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Comments (15)
Sandi Mikuse
I just love how this looks like a painting, Janette! And I just love the colour palette...the greens and blues and golds! It all works so well together! L
Janette Boyd replied:
Thank you for your comments, Sandi! You are very nice to add them and I appreciate the Like!
Jeff Swanson
Very cool work. I have image somewhat close to this, I said some what. Great image, Janette. Liked.
Janette Boyd replied:
Thank you, Jeff, for your comments. I enjoyed viewing your train. Great capture of the Union Pacific! Being from Nebraska, you probably see this train coming down the tracks pretty often!
Phyllis Taylor
Janette, nice colors. I love the movement of the clouds...enhances the speed of the train. v