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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/15 06:35 by drumwrencher.

Third shot is at Roseville.

John

Thanks for the look back.

SP 3611 held out in black widow (with gray trucks) until early 1974, whereupon the cab, short hood, and frame, but not the long hood, were painted scarlet and gray:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3232064
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,2026446
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3563499

Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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> SP 3611 held out in black widow (with gray trucks)
> until early 1974, whereupon the cab, short hood,
> and frame, but not the long hood, were painted
> scarlet and gray:
>
> http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,
> 3232064
> http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,
> 2026446
> http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,
> 3563499

OK, maybe my mind is going, but in its last months, didn't the 3611 lose its orange banding in favor of an all silver nose? I could swear that I have a photo of this, somewhere...

-E.O.

The only one I saw after losing it's stripes, was SD9 #3883. But maybe the GP9 did also.
Photo July 1972 MP 680 Coos Bay line, near Walton OR.
Todd Montgomery
Springfield OR

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