On page 125 of "Fort Worth & Denver Ry - Color Pictorial", Four Ways West
Publication, there is a glimpse of the cab end of this switcher.
Interesting that the railroad number and initials above the windows are
white.
Tim Wells
twells1983@kellogg.northwestern.edu
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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
>> >>
>> >> 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 <mailto:wgstack276%40gmail.com>
<wgstack276%40gmail.com><wgstack276%
>> 40gmail.com>>
>> >> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
<CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> <CBQ%40yahoogroups.com
>> >>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 9:20 PM
>> >> Subject: [CBQ] Photos, paint schemes
>> >>
>> >> > 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? - I get the impression the
Scotchlight safety stripes were applied in the early 1960s, but a few units
made it to BN merger with the yellow and red stripes. Tim Wells
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > Bill
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