Florida East Coast R.R. ES44C4

[mysterytrain]

Here's an idea for a future repaint, an FEC R.R. ES44C4.

If there's no C4 model to work with, perhaps another engine type would be befitting of this fine paint scheme?

Anyhow, just an idea.

[buzz456]

How close can we get?

[Chacal]

I'd say about 10 feet.
Closer than that and the railway cops are all over you.

[mysterytrain]

I didn't take the picture - got it off Facebook. Just thought it would be a good idea for a repaint project for someone sometime down the road.

[buzz456]

I guess I wasn't clear enough. Which locomotive available to us would be the closest one that we could do a repaint on it?

[jonmorrie]

I would think the ES44DC is the best we can do

[BoostedFridge]

Wouldn't the ES44AC be closest because it has the big AC box on the left side?

[buzz456]

Honestly unless I'm missing something there doesn't seem to be much difference. On the prototype the main thing are the trucks. Somebody is going to show me the difference in a picture of the visual difference in the AC and DC.
Also the later ones while more difficult to paint look to have more detail. What's anyone's pleasure?

[BNSFdude]

There is no external difference between an ES44AC and DC except the production variations like ladder and light placements.
There is a difference with the trucks on a C4 however, as they have two additional brake cylinders on each truck that connects to linkage and a lifting assembly to lift the center axle off of the rails just a bit.

[buzz456]

Which we don't have so we have to go with one of the others. It looks like the Sherman Hill and the Marias Pass ones share texture schemes so I could use it and then folks could use it if they owned either route.