RE: (erielack) What is wrong with this picture?

["Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_comcast.net>]

> Here's a nice shot for sale on Ebay of some FT's rolling west 
> thru Ohio with a 99 in 1956: 
> 
> http://i17.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/02/b3/2aff_1.JPG
> 
> But notice the paint scheme -- a compromise between the 
> classic Erie yellow-face freight scheme and the basic black 
> that the FT's wore when delivered.  The curved yellow 
> backdrop comes up from the frameline and ends between the 
> diamond and the headlight, looking somewhat like a flower 
> vase.  I never saw this scheme before.


I had read that this was a wreck repair and the top portion of the nose was
replaced, painted black, and rushed out without getting the yellow touched
up. It was later completed as time allowed.

	- Paul


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