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00:02:04 1 Rainbow Era
00:02:59 2 Phase paint schemes
00:03:08 2.1 Phase I
00:04:11 2.2 Phase II
00:04:43 2.3 Phase III
00:06:43 2.4 Phase IV
00:07:16 2.5 Phase V
00:08:51 2.6 Phase VI
00:09:25 3 Route-specific paint schemes
00:09:56 3.1 Amtrak California
00:12:00 3.2 Amtrak iCascades/i
00:13:19 3.3 Other routes
00:14:16 4 Special paint schemes
00:14:26 4.1 Promotional A-day livery
00:14:56 4.2 Operation Lifesaver livery
00:15:46 4.3 40th anniversary livery
00:17:10 4.4 ACS-64 promotional livery
00:17:42 4.5 Veterans units
00:18:20 5 Non-revenue equipment
00:19:22 6 Advertising
00:21:19 7 Test train schemes
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Amtrak has used a variety of liveries on its rolling stock since taking over intercity passenger rail service in the United States in 1971. A series of six schemes termed Phases, first introduced in 1972, have seen the widest use. Phases primarily use geometric arrangements of red, white, and blue (the national colors of the United States) - part of Amtrak's patriotic visual identity.
Amtrak began operations in May 1971 with a mixture of equipment still painted in the distinct liveries of the freight railroads that relinquished their passenger service to Amtrak. Amtrak picked and chose equipment that it determined to be in the best condition, and elected not to keep the same rolling stock on the same routes. Since (prior to Amtrak's operation) one almost never found rolling stock from anywhere in the country on any train, let alone rolling stock from competing railroads mixed together on the same train, that period was later known as the Rainbow Era.
To build the brand of Amtrak as a unified passenger railroad, the rolling stock was gradually repainted into system-wide Phases starting around 1972 with Phase I. The Phases are sequentially numbered using Roman numerals. Phases were painted on all rolling stock, with locomotives and passenger cars often painted in different styles of the same Phase. Most current locomotives use the 2000-introduced Phase V, while passenger cars use the 2002-introduced Phase VI. A modified Phase III scheme was introduced for some equipment in 2013. Non-revenue equipment uses bright lime green or a variation of Phase V.
The three routes under the Amtrak California branch - the Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner, and San Joaquin - use equipment painted in several custom schemes, as do the Cascades and Piedmont. Amtrak has repainted equipment in unique livery for special uses, including its 40th anniversary in 2011 and to promote the Operation Lifesaver safety campaign. Equipment has also been wrapped for advertising promotions. When testing equipment from other railroads, Amtrak has mostly kept existing livery, though some longer-term tests used Phase schemes.
