Looking back 3 years ago, I had my first exciting encounter with one of Amtrak's popular Heritage Units at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. Amtrak 822 was dress to impress in the popular Phase III scheme which was introduced in 1980 and existing to this day on some equipment. This paint scheme used similar colors to those used on Phase II stripes, except that the outer white pinstripes were deleted and the red, white, and blue stripes were of approximately equal width. On locomotives the same black roof lining was kept. Seen here Amtrak 822 was at the NCTM to make it debut of the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Museum train in Spencer, NC.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
