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Thanks, Hol. The "lighter" boiler of 2222 does somewhat resemble C&S 354's boiler in the Otto Perry shot. jonathan ---In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, <holpennywagner@...> wrote : No, the Q and its subsidiaries did not, officially at least, paint boiler jackets any color other than black as late as the 1930s. That's not to say it didn't happen, for special occasions and the like, and if it did, far away Texas was a likely place. Recall the FW&D NW-2 painted Chinese red for road service in 1967. And earlier in the 20th Century the C&S did indeed paint its boiler jackets and dome wrappers a lighter color, presumably green. Many early 1900s views clearly show this and Otto Perry photos as late as 1918 indicate it was still being done 10 years after the Q bought control of the road. See http://cdm16079.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/42969/rec/1 […] Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:11:13 -0800 Subject: [CBQ] Re: Q Locos Leased to C&S-FW&D-BRI #1 […] 3) Off the wall question: The boiler jacket of 2222 looks lighter than the rest of the engine. The shiny black smokebox I'll write off to new graphite, but the not the the cab or tender. It may just be an artifact of black & white photography, but it makes me wonder, did the Burlington or subsidiaries ever paint their boiler jackets green or another color, as e.g. the D&RGW did? Best, Jonathan __._,_.___ Posted by: jonathanharris@earthlink.net __,_._,___ |