AC4400CW Southern Pacific Speed Lettering

A Southern Pacific AC4400CW livery in the speed lettering paint scheme. The texture is as close as I could get, realistically, using all the reference material I could find; any feedback on this upload will be more than appreciated :)

History

Following the 1988 purchasing of Southern Pacific by The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW RR). The new company came under the umbrella of Southern Pacific as they had better track rights and better agreements in regards to run-through power rights. The company subsequently merged the styles of the two and a model was presented to Phillip Anschutz (the owner of The D&RGW RR's holding company, Rio Grande Industries) and resulted in what is called the Southern Pacific speed lettering paint scheme - combining the styles of The Southern Pacific's "Blood Nose" livery with the previous speed lettering font of the D&RGW RR's Logo. This new livery was painted onto 279 new AC4400CWs which were delivered to the railroad in 1995 and given the numbers 100-378. As well, all: new, refitted, maintained, and repainted locomotives received this livery up until the Union Pacific merger in 1996.

Simmons-Duane, Southern Pacific AC4400CW #360, 1997, Roseville California.

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