Jon,
This is a bit confusing so I will try to make it a easy as I can. If it
is an EMD switcher with the early black and gray paint scheme, then the
side sill stripes should be red over yellow. If it is the later scheme
with the white diagonal delineators along the side sill, then it should
be yellow over red and narrower. If it is one of the Baldwin 9300
series units, they were always reversed with yellow over red at the
side sill. In later years, the white diagonal delineators or stripes
were added to the Baldwins also. I do not know exactly when the
diagonal white delineators were first used. The top stripes between
the gray and the black were always yellow over red on all units as far
as I can determine.
BTW, Mike Spoor's "CB&Q in Color" book series are excellent for all
kinds of information including variations in color schemes.
Bill Barber
On Monday, November 21, 2005, at 09:10 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:16:35 -0000
> From: "Jeff" <route66railfan@yahoo.com>
> Subject: BLI & P2K SW7 question
>
> A question from another group:
> I picked up a CB&Q BLI SW7 last week - nice runner, as usual.
> However, when I placed it in consist with a P2K SW1200 I noticed that
> the red/yellow stripe on the walkway side was different on each loco
> with the BLI loco yellow over red and the P2K one yellow over red.
>
> A glance at Fallen Flags would suggest that the correct stripes are
> yellow-over-red. Unfortunately, the only pic of an SW7 doesnt have
> the stripes.
>
> Has BLI got it slightly wrong again, or were there examples of yellow-
> over-red? I must admit I didn't even notice the difference until I
> had both together.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
> Modelling HO in the UK
> --- end forwarded message---
>
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