[CBQ] Re: E Unit & F Unit Paint Schemes?

["smokyjoe66" <js08ws62@sbcglobal.net>]

I agree. The Black was elegant. The Red looked frivolous ... just a passing 
fancy.. It wasn't broke, so why fix it ?  ~ John A. Swearingen

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--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "bdurham260" <bdurham260@...> wrote:
>
> So the F units were left as grey backs when the Q went from black to red.  
> The E units had their nose stipes and "grills" changed from black to red.
> 
> Where do you fall on the issue?
> 
> No difference
> 
> Should have left them black
> 
> Liked the red much better
> 
> Why do you feel the way you do?
> 
> I am not so much interested in percentage break down (hence no poll taken) 
> but what your thoughts are on the color and why the Q changed one type but 
> not the other covered wagon.
> 
> For me I have always been partial to the black nose stripes.  I think it 
> looked better with the stainless steel.  Since the left the F units alone I 
> would have done the same thing with E's.
> 
> I know that by the time of the switchover what the stripes and grills were 
> supposed to simulate had been lost to time but I still think they look better.
> 
> So, what do you think?
> 
> Brian Durham
>




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