Re: SP Overnight scheme
John Nehrich <nehrij@...>
You guys might know what the ORIGINAL scheme was, prior to WWII, but I
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don't. MDC offers their SS 40 foot 7 panel Pratt truss car in an overnight black scheme, and while I know the car itself is too tall, wrong ends, roof, etc., the SP did have 7 panel Pratt truss box cars. So hard do we laugh at this version? (Reminds me of the hard times we Rutland modelers used to face, when Karline did a "Route of the Whippet" scheme on an Athearn steel box car and Train-Miniature did a green and yellow scheme on their wood box car, and while neither car is that close to what the Rutland had, the Whippet scheme should be on a wood car and the green and yellow on a steel (PS-1)). - John
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From: "Richard Hendrickson" <rhendrickson@opendoor.com> To: <STMFC@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] SP Overnight scheme Richard Hendrickson wrote:Quibble, quibble. Of COURSE I know what the "original" overnight schemeThat's correct, John. The original black overnight paint scheme wasRichard forgets what I know he is well acquainted with: the ORIGINAL
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