Re: (erielack) Re: Stewart Erie FT

["Bill K." <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">]

Let's not pick on Steve too much, I suspect he is working his rear end off
down there with F-unit reissues and Alco Centuries coming along.  As I
understand it the color used has some sort of photographic evidence to
support it...  still it's a flub-up because it's an oddball color.  
sometimes stuff happens when you have a lot of things going on - at least
you have the model to paint yourself (or just weather and slap EL diamonds
on) in a lot higher quality than the old AHM version. It's not the end of
the world :o) 	Anyone notice the marker lights on these?  out of the box
they show red when you run the engine in reverse, wouldnt be surprised if
you can control them through DCC to show red green or amber/white.  That's
one of the more nifty features on the newest Stewart locos, and this on a
made in the USA engine no less.  

Bill Kisselstein

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> From: Michael Dye <"luxpan_@_hotmail.com">
> To: "erielack_@_internexus.net"
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Re: Stewart Erie FT
> Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 9:18 PM
> 
> > > 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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