Bill
Sorry, none of my other photos show any more of the front of the cab than the
Castle Graphics one. Have you tried Fallen Flags,
Trainweb, etc.?
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Stack" <wgstack276@gmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Photos, paint schemes
> Hi Rupert,
>
> The Castle Graphic site was very good. There were a lot of photos I hadn't
> yet seen. But I could locate only one shot of #605 and that was a 3/4 shot
> of the left front, but none of the cab face. So, if your book has one, I'd
> love to see it when you get the chance. In the mean time I am looking for
> any books that I can find on the CB&Q system. Some are quite pricey.
>
> Also, I was reviewing all of my GP 7 and 9 photos. Were any GP 9s delivered
> in the "Way of the Zepher" paint scheme? It occurred to me that I have no
> pictures of these.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> There's a photo on the Castle Graphics site at
>> http://transport.castlegraphics.com/index.php?cat=6 on the Diesels / FW&D
>> page. If
>> that doesn't answer your question, let me know as I have a photo in a FW&D
>> book, but the e-mail is playing up tonight with
>> attachments.
>>
>> Rupert
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Stack" <wgstack276@gmail.com <wgstack276%40gmail.com>>
>> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 3:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Photos, paint schemes
>>
>> > 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<gamlenz%40ihug.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><wgstack276%
>> 40gmail.com>>
>> >> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ%40yahoogroups.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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