ERIE, Pa. — If you’ve wondered what it looks like to paint a locomotive, Wabtec has released a short video condensing the 7-to-10-day process — requiring two-person crews working two shifts — to just over a minute and a half.
The locomotive being painted in this video, incidentally, is not your run-of-the-mill diesel with your run-of-the-mill scheme. Instead, it’s the first production FLXdrive battery-electric, built for Australia mining firm Roy Hill — which paints its units a distinctive, and rather untraditional, pink. That locomotive was unveiled in ceremonies last October [see “Wabtec unveils first production FLXdrive …,” Trains News Wire, Oct. 31, 2023].
Interesting 2 bell horn. Almost a honker. Anyone have a recording?
I remember when it was $29.95. Dating myself, right?
Earl Scheib’s ” I’ll paint anything for $49.95″ in action.