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

Maybe they had to wait to find out the correct yellow to match the decals?

Randy Brown
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> 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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