Seems to me the gray would match the gray area on any switch engine
Steve in SC
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From: Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 2:54:04 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Photos, paint schemes
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>>
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>> >>
>> >> 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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