>> I seem to remember a picture of a black & yellow EL Traninmaster >> transition >> paint scheme. I wish some manufacturer would paint that one. >> >Actually not a transition but a fullfledged EL scheme. When the EL was >formed, the >original scheme was a modification of the ERIE black and yellow. The >C424s came from >the factory in this scheme. This scheme didn't last too long and the >DL&W version was >adopted and equipment repainted in the much more familiar EL maroon gray >yellow. > >Anyone know how long the black and yellow lasted as the "official" >scheme? What was the >reason for the change? As a side note, there were several variations of the GMY paint on the Trainmasters. The primary difference was the width of the maroon stripe. Some units had a "wide stripe" that extended up to the halfway point on the cab windows. The smaller stripe version only extended up as far as the bottom of the cab windows. At least one unit (1853) also had large numbers on the top of the ends of the unit. Of course, there were also differences in the font used on the cab number, as well as placement of the word "ERIE LACKAWANNA" - most had the yellow Gothic on the maroon band, while some had maroon Roman lettering on the gray band below the walkway (and one, 1857, wore maroon GOTHIC lettering under the walkway for a time!) Early on in the lives of these units, there were Lackawanna-eque variations as well - check out p. 59 in "EL In Color - Volume 4" The freight scheme units were fairly consistent in terms of paint, with one glaring exception - the 1860 had a solid yellow end on its long hood, instead of the yellow "bowing inward" end as on the other freight scheme units. Note that some units never received GMY paint (1852, 1856, 1858, 1859, ande 1860) - please let me know if you have photos of these latter units in GMY! So, here's a table of schemes - mostly complete, but corrections/additions are gladly accepted! 1850 GMY "wide stripe" - Gothic cab numbers, roadname in yellow Gothic 1851 Black Freight Scheme GMY "wide stripe" - Gothic cab numbers, roadname in yellow Gothic 1852 Black Freight Scheme 1853 GMY "narrow stripe" - Gothic cab numbers, roadname in yellow Gothic 1854 GMY "wide stripe" - Gothic cab numbers, roadname in maroon Roman 1855 GMY "narrow stripe" - Gothic cab numbers, roadname in yellow Gothic 1856 Black Freight Scheme 1857 GMY "narrow stripe" - Condensed Gothic cab numbers, roadname in maroon Gothic GMY "narrow stripe" - Condensed Gothic cab numbers, roadname in yellow Gothic 1858 Black Freight Scheme 1859 Black Freight Scheme 1860 Black Freight Scheme 1861 GMY "wide stripe" - Gothic cab numbers, roadname in yellow Gothic - Paul ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------ End of Erielack Digest V1 #6 **************************** - ----------------------------------------------------------- Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net
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