Equipment Colors and Painting
Even before the creation of the Seaboard System, locomotives began to receive a simplified paint scheme of the Family Lines. However, only the Imron grey, red and yellow were actually recycled while using a completely redesigned logo with a coupled variation font of ITC Eras Demi. The first locomotive to be applied with the new Seaboard System paint scheme was UCETA GP16 #4802 in October 1982. Because the merger did not occur until December, locomotives after October 1982 were to receive the Seaboard System paint scheme with the existing railroad's reporting marks applied.
When the merger officially took effect on January 1, 1983, all former reporting marks were to either be removed or patched with SBD initials. Shortly before taking delivery of the L&N specified EMD SD50's, Seaboard adopted a Swis721 type font for reporting marks and numbers instead of the customized Seaboard Coast Line lettering seen on pre-1983 repaints. To simplify it's locomotive roster and meet Chessie System specifications, Seaboard introduced a numbering system that partially became meshed within the Chessie System locomotive fleet as well as removed any existing Mars Lights or Gyralights on locomotives. Any new locomotives purchased by Seaboard would be built to meet Chessie specifications; which only three: EMD SD50, EMD MP15T and GE B36-7 were actually placed.
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