I once asked the owner of my favorite hobby shop here in San Diego (he is a
huge Santa Fe fan) about the Rivarossi cars.
He said it was Rivarossi's way to sell some cars to match the engine... as
far as he knew, Santa Fe never painted cars that way. (kinda like Athearn
painting their DD40 in Q colors).
Regards,
John Lewis
From: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
To: "BRHS list" <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [BRHSlist] a digression
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:01:40 -0600
I know this is not C.B.&Q. related but I hope an occasional digression is
permitted. It is certainly an interesting question concerning an arcane bit
of railroad history. For a few days I've been perusing the net to no avail,
so thought I would inquire of the most knowledgeable railroad-minded people
I know.
Was the Santa Fe's "Blue Goose" a one-of-a-kind? There seems to have been
six locomotives in the 3460 class of 4-6-4s, but I can find no evidence
that any but #3460 were streamlined. Does anyone have a quick answer to
this?
Also, did the Santa Fe have any passenger cars painted in the "Blue Goose"
scheme? Model maker Rivarossi markets some, but are they accurate? I don't
recall ever having seen photographs of prototypes painted like that.
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