Dave, Yes, exactly: The ALCO cab set came from the demonstration circuit which apparently included a demonstration on the C&NW itself. And the units had that dark green paint with the yellow stripe. When the C&NW got around to repainting the units, they used what at the time was the passenger scheme. As to C&NW paint schemes, the livery for covered wagon freight power looked pretty good and would still be a seller, I think.
Tom ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of David Engle [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Simulated Prototype String What I remember from that era is that CNW bought the demonstrator set which all dark green except for a narrow yellow stripe and simply relettered them. DJE ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Baker<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:09 AM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Simulated Prototype String ________________________________________ Bob, Right! The C&NW had a four unit set of FA-2 units, and I recall that S-Helper which literally "helped" AM get its ALCO FA-2 models into the market place, offered a set of C&NW units correctly painted. The C&NW also fielded one DL-109. In my teenage naivete I painted my AF PA with C&NW colors, not knowing I should test for crazing. And, sure enough, my AF PA looked horrible. I had 0-gauge decals to reletter the unit. An awful experiment! Tom
