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 Post subject: Re: Reading & Northern 425
PostPosted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:46 am 

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Add RF&P Governor Class 4-8-4s that had a two tone black and grey livery.
Timken 4-8-4 demonstrator # 1111 'Four Aces" was more or less done in Southern style
green.

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 Post subject: Re: Reading & Northern 425
PostPosted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:41 pm 

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Talking about various steam locomotive colors brings to mind the GN's green and black:

http://www.gngoat.org/gn2012.jpg

http://www.gngoat.org/gn2555.jpg

Isn't that 4-8-4 pretty? Wouldn't you like to see the one that's preserved in Havre run again, looking like this on a train of Pullman green heavyweights?

Then there are the variations of Baldwin olive green that was standard for a surprisingly long time, and was what was on the shop switcher that's now at Steamtown.

http://loggingmallets.railfan.net/sub/p ... finish.htm


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 Post subject: Re: Reading & Northern 425
PostPosted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:53 pm 

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[quote="Les Beckman"]I like the green, but way too light. How about a nice dark green? All this talk about the 425's paint, got me to thinking about non-streamlined locomotives that weren't painted black. Here's what I came up with:

1. GM&O Pacific in red
2. Rutland 4-8-2's in green
3. Southern (natch) 4-6-2's in green
4. UP Northerns/Mountains in two tone gray
5. CB&Q 4-8-4 #5632 in gold (one time only!)

What did I miss?

Les[/quote]

Les,
You missed CB&Q 5632 being painted gold a second time for the 50th anniversary of Kansas City Union Terminal. An October 31, 1964, trip to St. Joseph, MO, and a November 1, 1964, trip to Bevier, MO, were the final public trips for the locomotive and when it returned to Galesburg, IL, she never steamed again.
Don C.


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 Post subject: Re: Reading & Northern 425
PostPosted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:06 pm 

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Don -

Thanks for the clarification of the number of times that the 5632 wore gold paint. If a Burlington O5 ran again, I'd even put up with gold paint!

Les


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