Here's a photo of GP7 223 as BN 1579 but still in Q paint:
http://flic.kr/p/dMd8Km
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On Jan 21, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Tim wrote:
> Hi Colin -
>
> The photos I have of 280 in red are post BN-merger and the unit did not have
> stripes all the way around the nose (i.e. the flat panel was red). I have
> seen a few red units with the stripes all the way around the ends, with one,
> the 279 in 1959, but by merger, it had been repainted again with the flat
> panel in red and a wide sill stripe. I found a photo of red 270 post-merger
> with the stripes all the way around the nose.
>
> Tim Wells
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bryan Howell wrote:
>>
>> Hi Colin,
>>
>> I do not have a photo of 280 handy, but I think that for the most part, the
>> early GPs and SDs did not have stripes that went all the way around. The
>> flat panel on the very front was solid red.
>>
>> The Q GP9s were all Phase Is. Phase 2 GP9s were characterized by single 48"
>> fans on the long hood, with other subtle differences.
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Bryan J. Howell
>>
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: cms_inv_2001
>>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:47 PM
>>> Subject: [CBQ] GP9 280
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me in the direction of a photo of the 280 in red? I have
>>> an O scale red caboose version of this loco and would like to check if the
>>> front white stripes go all of the way across the short hood.
>>>
>>> Also on the subject of GP9's were any of the Q GP9's phase 2?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Colin Stewart
>>> Inverness
>>> Scotland
>>>
>>>
>>
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