Reading Railroad Yellow and Green Paint Scheme

[Charlie Conway]

Can anyone tell me when the Reading began to replace the olive drap paint scheme with the yellow and green scheme on locomotives and cabooses?

Thanks!

[JOHN BRUCE III]

The first locos in that scheme were the GP30s in, I think, 1962.

[dehusman]

The first units to be delivered in the yellow were the GP30's in 1962.  All new units bought after that (until the GP39-2, GP40-2 and MP15's) were delivered in yellow and green.  Over the years various olive units were repainted in  yellow and green, except the AS16's which remained olive to the end.  No F units were painted yellow, except a pair of the FP7's were painted SEPTA white with red and blue in the late 1970's.

[Charlie Conway]

Thanks, Dave

 

Your info is very helpful.  I am working on a model of a Reading GP-7 circa 1968, and I would like to finish it in the yellow and green scheme.  It seems this would be plausible.

 

Regards,

 

Charlie

[jdamelio]

Charlie, Dale Woodland's "Reading Diesels, Volume1" has several photos of GP7s in the yellow  and green scheme.  I don't think all finished their careers that way though.