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While I was cleaning out old junk (leftover from moving several years ago) I came accross something that I had completely forgotten about. Many years ago I
I'm looking for the correct paints or paint mixtures for the Smokebox, firebox and locomotive cab interior on B&M steam locomotives. I believe there recently
... Speaking of E-units, it seems to me that Walthers will be doing the later (Phase II?) E-7A body style as part of the current wave of offerings in their
John, I think Marc Frattasio's book (The New Haven Railroad in the McGinnis Era) sheds as much light on that odd ball paint scheme as you will find anywhere.
The F7B's and GP7's were limited to summer spare substitutions and that principly during the last 3 years of Conn. River service after 4225 was retired. The