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In my new Walthers flyer copy, they announced some new color schemes for the TrainLine F40PH. This includes a new Metrolink paint scheme, and the returns of Amtrak Phase IV, Tri-Rail and the MBTA! I am particularly excited about the latter, as the MBTA owns the railroad tracks running through my area and frequently run commuter trains on it! http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-402 Looks like they won't be updating the paint scheme for the MBTA F40PHs though, still using that late 1980s paint scheme like they used to. Though some painted like this are still used on the North zone (i.e. routes coming from North Station in Boston), where I am I only see MBTA F40PHs painted like this: /tyco/forum/uploaded/wiley209/MBTA_F40PH_locomotives_in_Worcester_layover_yard.jpg (This is actually the most common MBTA locomotive I see on the route. Sometimes I'll see the older GP40MCs or even an MP36!) I've seen some custom-painted model F40PHs in that paint scheme, particularly at a few model train exhibitions that have an O-gauge MBTA F40PH painted like that (one I saw at the Marshfield Fair this year even had a working horn and bell, blinking ditch lights and an engineer figure at the cabs!) I DO have a Life-Like MBTA F40PH, but it's painted in the even older early '80s paint scheme! /tyco/forum/uploaded/wiley209/file-70.jpg Still looks pretty realistic though, especially with those cars behind it. I'm thinking I may get the Walthers MBTA F40PH and maybe customize some old Athearn passenger cars in MBTA colors, since Walthers' old MBTA cars won't run on 18-radius curves. Now I wonder how long it'll be before I see an HO-scale HSP46 locomotive? (The MBTA's newest; they have eight of them so far!) /tyco/forum/uploaded/wiley209/3b9bc800a25219f92b9e4af143072250_XL.jpg Originally posted by wiley209 - October 08 2014 :  9:36:55 PM