Greetings Marshall, Thank you for the info. I wanted to include some
of the redbirds. It may not matter in the end, because I now want to
include mixed train service/doodlebugs and that would most likely
knock the redbirds altogether. Regards, Malcolm
82 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...> wrote:
>
>
> > Greetings,
> > I am new to the CB&Q list and I plan to join the BRHS. I want to
> > model a branchline of the CB&Q. When did the first GP7/9, SD7/9's
get
> > the chinese red paint jobs. That will help me narrow down my
dates.
> > Thanks, Malcolm Byrd
> >
> Malcolm -
>
> Are you trying to include the RedBirds, or avoid them? I ask
because
> branchline Geeps and SDs didn't get red until fairly late. You
didn't
> need a lot of heavy maintenance on branchline motors, and repaints
were
> generally saved up for heavy maintenance or repairs. You wouldn't
> generally see a lot of redbirds on branches until maybe '65 . . .
>
> On the other hand, the first Chinese Red paint scheme on power was
the
> SD-24s on delivery in May of '59. Earlier power began being
repainted
> in the new scheme shortly thereafter.
>
> Remember that some blackbirds actually made it to merger, so you
might
> want to have at least one, just for "nostalgia".
>
> OTOH, if you want to avoid red power on your branchline, any time
> before 1960 would look OK, and you could even push it 2 or 3 years
> farther without raising eyebrows.
>
> Marshall Thayer
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