Re: (erielack) Are these for real?

[pat.moore_@_att.net]

All...

Yeah, but didn't the EMD styling department come up with a whole bunch of paint schemes to try to sell their new locomotives to the various railroads?  What was the origin of the DL&W "passenger" scheme?  Did the railroad dream it up by itself, or with the help of EMD, or did the DL&W just adopt one of EMD's schemes as their own?  If the DL&W had help from EMD's styling department, then it would be a likely explanation of how the Algoma Central ended up with a nearly identical paint scheme.  After all, if you look at a lot of F-unit paint schemes from the different railroads, there are similarities among them.

pat moore #1719
greenville, sc

- -------------- Original message from "Tim Stuy" <njmidland_@_verizon.net>: -------------- 


> I don't have the photos any more, but EMD did send some F unit demonstrators 
> to the Algoma Central in what looked like DL&W colors. I don't remember if 
> the AC ever owned them, but I assume that is what got them to using the DL&W 
> style paint scheme on their locomotives. 
> 
> Tim 
> 
> On 10/25/06, Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) wrote: 
> > 
> > > Check out this Ebay auction- 
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120044101298 
> > > 
> > > Did EMD actually paint F3 Demo units in DLW colors? 
> > > I must say I like their choice! 
> > > Al Reibel 
> > 
> > 
> > Not to the best of my knowledge (it looks a little too "awkward" for it to 
> > be an EMD scheme with the "ELECTRO-MOTIVE" inside the maroon stripe. 
> > 
> > Maybe it was a "dream scheme" based on the two E8s that EMD *did* do up in 
> > DL&W paint with "ELECTRO-MOTIVE" where "LACKAWANNA" would appear. These 
> > units - EMD 810 and 811 - later became DL&W 810 and 811. 
> > 
> > Also note that the yellow lettering inside the maroon band didn't come 
> > about until EL years. The scheme would have been more believable if the EMD 
> > name appeared in maroon below the stripe - as on the E-units. 
> > 
> > - Paul 
> > 
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