Re: [CBQ] Burlington Switcher Colors

[Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>]

Hol,
Thanks for the photos and the information.

Ken Maritn




On Apr 10, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Hol Wagner wrote:

> So the Pullman green scheme with red and yellow trim, used on Whitcomb 9120 
> and Midwests 9121-9123, was outdated as of mid-1940, making the attached 
> image of 9122 rather remarkable.  Taken at Lincoln on May 19, 1952, some 12 
> years after the Pullman green scheme was superseded, it shows the unit still 
> painted in that scheme, though most of the red trim has been omitted -- 
> except for the upper s! ide sill stripe.  In a black-and-white view the 
> Pullman green would be easily mistaken for black, and even in this view the 
> side of the hood could easily be mistaken as black, but it is in fact green.  
> (This also serves to demonstrate why by the late 1950s the heavyweight 
> coaches painted Pullman green were known on the Q as black coaches.)  The 
> 9122 was undoubtedly the last diesel switcher on the Q painted Pullman green.
>  
> I'm also attaching a view of 44-tonner 9103 in its original paint, taken at 
> Clinton, Iowa, in January 1941.
>  
> Hol
>