Sorry to seem so contrary but I'm calling it like I've seen it after many
years of study. Does that mean my opinion is better than yours? No, but it
does mean the lettering diagrams and such may not have been used in every
instance. Sort of like the CV using there own style of numerals for many
years that most of us
Don,
I don't think you're being contrary at all. In fact I encourage you to
share what you have observed. This is important because they only way that
the facts will be driven out is that we share what we know.
All of the engines you listed are freight and mixed traffic engines. They
would receive gold paint lettering and the G1/2 engines had gold paint pin
striping. That's consistent with the painting diagrams that I have
collected so far. G5 engines had gold paint and pin striping too. I don't
have the lettering drawing for the G5's but there are enough photos around
to say that they were mixed traffic engines. It is also known that
occasionally that U3 and V4 switchers assigned to the passenger car yards in
Toronto and Montreal were given tender pin striping. May be other locations
too?
Gold leaf and Tuscan panels would have been reserved for dedicated passenger
engines. It is possible to list the classes that qualified: F1, F2, G3, G4,
H1, K1 and T1b/c. Not all G3/4 or the H1a/b engines would be painted in
passenger colours. Many were in freight colours. But the total amount of
engines painted in gold leaf and Tuscan would be something like 100 or so
locomotives. It wouldn't be a common occurrence to see one of these engines
on anything other than a major passenger train. And we can't forget the
odd-ball D10k and P1n engines that were painted in 1947 with Tuscan red and
gold leaf for service on the President's train.
I believe everyone's familiar with the differences in painting practices
between the Eastern and Western Divisions? There were even slight
differences between Ogden and Weston shops. Ogden shops were known to use
graphite paint on engine smoke boxes. And Weston shops were known to paint
the cab door Tuscan red on engines. Possibly there was something unusual
about the Int'l of Maine Div.? It is worth exploring. Please share what
you know.
I noticed from Holland's second book; if you look at the boiler jacket
colour of the Eastern passenger engines they are painted grey but if you
look at page 96 and 97, the photo of Jubilee 2912 and 2916, you'll notice
that the boiler jackets look more like a metallic grey paint. F2a Jubilee
paint drawings say that the boilers were painted DuPont Duco Opalescent Gun
Metal. Does this mean that Western Jubilees continued to be painted that
colour into the 1950's?
I'm disappointed that there were no clear side shots of Western Royal
Hudsons or Selkirks. It would be interesting to see if they where painted
grey or received metallic grey paint. I recall seeing photos of the T1c's
and they were painted grey but bw photos of the T1b's suggest that they were
painted metallic grey? Don't know for sure but it's worth more research.
Regards,
Jeff Pinchbeck
