Re: (erielack) Re: Stewart Erie FT

["Michael Dye" <"luxpan_@_hotmail.com">]

> > The use of this yellow lasted until at least 1949 with some evidence 
>that it
> > was still used in 1951. Most Erie Modellers remember the third scheme 
>which
> > used a brighter yellow. This is not the scheme that Stewart Hobbies did. 
>This
> > e-mail originated as a result of a phone conversation with Mr. Stewart. 
>Steve
> > does not have e-mail access.
> >
> > Respectfully
> > C.B. Fiorino for Mr. Stewart

I don't buy it. It still doesn't explain the green shifted yellow that the 
Stewart Erie/EL models are painted in. Never seen that color in any of the 
photos/slides that Grandpa (Erie signals) took while working the Erie. None 
of the 'west end' Erie people that I've spoken with and shown the model to, 
recall EVER having seen a color like that. My Father (Erie brakeman) had an 
opinion of the color...but I don't believe that I can use that language in 
this format.

Sorry Mr. Stewart, it doesn't wash any more than if you had done the ATSF 
warbonnet in pink and gray.

Michael Dye ELHS #1516



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