Model Railroading > Bowser C&O C630 Question

Picked up my unit today and it is a great looking and running model, I do have one question though. Bowser has the horns painted Yellow, is that correct? My guess would be Blue. Thanks

EH49 Wrote:
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> Picked up my unit today and it is a great looking
> and running model, I do have one question though.
> Bowser has the horns painted Yellow, is that
> correct? My guess would be Blue. Thanks


My C&O expert says he has never, ever, ever seen a yellow horn on a C&O diesel. Should be blue.

I accept the challenge! See C & O SW 1 # 8401 at St Thomas Ontario.

Mike Bannon
St Catharines, ON

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algoma11 Wrote:
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> I accept the challenge! See C & O SW 1 # 8401 at
> St Thomas Ontario.


Inside the bells there, but outside?

The "expert" in my case is the owner of an impressive C&O-themed layout.

I dunno, this is B&W, but looks alot lighter than blue shade...

http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/data/benjamin%20horne/2006711112740_co2101ads.jpg

iomalley Wrote:
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> I dunno, this is B&W, but looks alot lighter than
> blue shade...
>
> http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/data/benjamin%20hor
> ne/2006711112740_co2101ads.jpg


Well, that sure does look yellow, dunnit? Guess I'll send that link to Layout Person.

....which I have just done....

....and got this response: "Wow, I wonder how long or when they got them that way. Of all the color photos I have seen I have never seen a yellow horn. Wow wow wow"



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/22/13 17:42 by toledopatch.

Hard to tell from a B&W pic what color the horns actually are. I just ran through the Morning Sun Book C&O in Color volume 2 and all shots of the C&O C630's show blue horns except for a shot of the 2101. The horn on it appears to be bare metal or silver. I'd bet the horns on he B&W pic are bare metal or silver and not yellow.

Randy

Never say "never".

KG

kgmontreal Wrote:
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> Never say "never".

Ha. But just because someone says he has never seen something, does not mean it doesn't or didn't exist, only that he hadn't seen it.

Those horns are silver because they are new. The cab-side mounting found some horns being used to check clearances.