From studying photos of the GP35's, they were silver whilst in service
in Alaska but soon appeared black due to the amount of dirt and grime.

Nigel

Chris Bellows wrote:
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> http://www.alaskarails.org/pix/former-loco/UK-2500.html
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> Based on the photo from John's website (which looks to be a builder's
> photo), the trucks are black. Photos of the other GP35s on the site
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> Chris Bellows
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> Bangor, ME
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> http://www.pbase.com/cmbellows/ <http://www.pbase.com/cmbellows/>
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> --- On Mon, 6/29/09, wseamo1 <wseamo1@...
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> From: wseamo1 <wseamo1@... <mailto:wseamo1%40yahoo.com>>
> Subject: [ARRrailfans] Alaska GP-35 Truck Color
> To: arrrailfans@yahoogroups.com <mailto:arrrailfans%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 3:35 PM
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> Good afternoon,
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> Does anyone know the truck color for the 3 Alaska GP-35 units? I
> cannot find a builder's photo. There either black or silver. With the
> amount of dirt the trucks accumulate, it's difficult to pick up the
> color. Based on what I've seen, I would say they're silver, but I'm
> definitely not a 100%.
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