Rupert,
One other thought, did Neil Richey happen to describe the cab face to the
unit, i.e. was the red and gray carried around to the cab front or did it
have hash marks similar to the Green and White BN units?
Thanks,
Bill
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>wrote:
>
>
> 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 <wgstack276%40gmail.com>>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ%40yahoogroups.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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