--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, John Manion <railbass@...> wrote:
>
> I just received the new Broadway Limited EMD NW2 model, which I had planned
> to use to model D&RGW #100. However, it has tall exhaust stacks and
> vented hood doors, which the D&RGW NW2, made in Jan 1941, did not. I
> looked in Fulcomer's *Colorado & Southern Southern Division Color
> Pictorial*and found that this model appears to be very accurate for
> the C&S/AT&SF
> joint line switchers #150-153. These units were painted in the blackbird
> scheme when received in 1947, except that they did not have "Everywhere
> West" and "Way of the Zephyrs" on the hood sides. They also did not have
> the Burlington emblem on the cab sides but were lettered with C&S and
> AT&SF. They also came with the red and yellow horizontal striping on the
> side sills. Microscale's 87-609 decal includes all of the needed striping
> and lettering, including the white C&S and AT&SF initials. I can now
> paint my own joint line switcher.
> - John Manion
> Denver, CO
>
re: John Mannion "Joint Line Switcher? All switching on the joint line
between Palmer Lake and Denver was handled by the AT&SF switcher (usually a GP)
assigned to the Santa Fe intermodal "Big Lift" near Sedalia. Never saw a C&S or
BN switcher venture out on the Joint Line south of Denver. Best Regards, Bob
Munshower
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