http://www.trainweb.org/elso/SPERRY.HTM
Give this place a glance at the bottom. Not exactly what you're looking for,
but it'll give you the extended life of the doodlebug.
John Kraft
isambard52000 <rtnewton@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've ordered an unpainted Bachmann HO Gas Electric "Doodlebug' from
my LHS, with the plan of having it painted in CPR Tuscan Red with a
black roof, similar to CPR 9004 but lettered for the Grizzly
Northern (a CPR subsidiary). In looking at photos of 9004 I see that
in early days 9004's cab face seems in B&W to be the same colour as
the sides, whereas in its last days in service its cab face and
sides were yellow with Tuscan Red stripes. Photos of yellow-faced
9004 show it fitted with a snow-plow pilot in one case and with a
boiler-pipe plow in another.
I'd like to know when the yellow and red stripe paint scheme was
introduced, also whether the snow-pilot was a winter only feature.
I'm also interested in any technical details regarding 9004, an
Electro-Motive/St. Louis Car product- where to look?
Thanks for any help!
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing,
wind braces us, snow is exhilarating;
there is no such thing as bad weather,
only different kinds of good weather."
John Ruskin
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