| Rupert,
When shooting the official “builder’s photo”, all of the big three U.S. steam locomotive manufactures in 20th century, painted the selected locomotive with a flat gray paint for the photo. The primary reasons were that it eliminated sun glare and highlighted the locomotive details. I don’t know if it was a standard paint or some sort of wash that was easily removed. The locomotive was restored to its appropriate color scheme when shipped to the customer. The Alco S2 in the EBay photo, appears to have been painted in the same manner with the area around the herald left in standard black. Prior to the 20th century, builder’s paint schemes were much more ornate and the builder’s photo would record the handiwork of the paint shop. I suspect that after discontinuing steam production, Alco did away with the gray paint and recorded their products in the customer’s paint scheme. Diesel manufacturers, EMD and GE, never used the gray paint. Instead, they recorded their builder’s photos in the customer paint scheme, either on B&W film or later, color film. They also tended to go away from the side view photo and frequently did a three quarter view. At EMD, an early unit of each order was usually photographed from a number of angles, particularly if it was a new model. These photos often included side, end and interior views, both in the cab as well as the engine room.
Bil Barber Gravois Mills, MO
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