Pepsi Cans - Part 1

Amtrak 519 on the southbound Coast Starlight at Hito, Oregon - Mt. St. Helens in the background.

Amtrak 506 on the northbound Coast Starlight at East Portland, Oregon

Amtrak 509 getting the LA bound Coast Starlight across the Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon.

P32-8WH, quite a mouth full, and I can't recall anyone ever calling one of these Amtrak 500's by the model name.  After an almost twenty year diet of FP40s, these Amtrak Dash-8s were a very welcome sight. The nickname "Pepsi Cans" was so apt, perhaps because the color values exactly matched the colors on the soft drink can.

"Classic Pepsi Cans" From:

According to the blog http://www.logodesignlove.com/,  Pepsi has spent $1.2 Billion on re-branding in just the last three years.