Bill
The following is an explanation by Hol Wagner in answer to a similar question
"The story comes directly from the person who had the 605 painted Chinese red:
Neil Richey, the roundhouse foreman at Childress in
November 1967 (and roundhouse foreman in Denver when he told me the story), had
the unit painted that way when it was overhauled
because FW&D switchers had been equipped with MU for use in pairs on
branchlines, especially out of Wichita Falls. As such, the FW&D
considered them to be road units, and road units were painted Chinese red. When
the powers that be in Lincoln and Chicago discovered
the unit was red, a directive was issued that no more switchers were to be
painted red, but the frugal Burlington didn't spend the
money to repaint a newly painted unit, and 605 wore its Chinese red until it
was repainted Cascade green."
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "William" <wgstack276@gmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 9:20 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Photos, paint schemes
> First off, I want to thank those that responded to my first post re. the
> TR2s. All the information was very helpful.
>
> I am guessing that we have photos available for viewing, but I am not able to
> view any. Is there a trick to it? Do I need special
> software? I look at a lot of pictures on other sites, but can't seem to make
> pictures materialize in Groups.
>
> That said, somewhere I thought I saw a reference to a switcher, maybe an NW2,
> that was painted Chinese Red, and that a photo was
> available.
>
> I am assuming that the disappearance of the yellow and red stripes, and the
> red trim was during a short period just before
> everything went green. Am I right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
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