railbass@comcast.net wrote:
> I often check Caboose Hobbies' website for CB&Q/D&RGW models which are
> available or coming up and noted something quite irregular today. They
> listed a Con-Cor CB&Q MP15, numbered 576 or 580, painted in the pre-1958
> blackbird scheme. I questioned this because I thought MP15s were built in
> the 1960s and would be painted Chinese red on the CB&Q. I checked the BRHS
> roster and found no MP15s listed there. I also checked the EMD MP15 on
> Wikipedia and found that it was built from 1974 to 1980, which would have
> been the BN era. What is the story on this model, especially painted in
> first-generation colors?
> - John Manion
> Denver, CO
>
Con-Cor did a series of models in wat I think they called the
"Railbaron" series where some (all?) were fantasy schemes. The did a Q
MP15. Maybe we're getting spoiled, but it use to be normal for a lot of
model companies to paint any and all schemes on everything they built,
regardless of historical accuracy. Athearn's Chinese Red SD45 for the
Burlington is a quick example.
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