help with year of color scheme

[RedGrey62]

The switchers kept the "blackbird" scheme until the 1970 merger. Yard switchers that is, NWs, SWs, VOs, and the S-2/S-4s. Road switchers, GP7s and 9s, as GN-Rick said, mostly would have been painted red and grey in the 60's.

Rick

[ramoutandabout]

thank you im looking at a atlas switcher im modelling the transition era


thanks again

ray

[GN-Rick]

Anytime from the beginning of the Q's dieselization-early 40s-up till the purchase of GP20s in about 1960, which were the first units delivered in Chinese Red.

[ramoutandabout]

what years would the burlington route engine be. Mainly black with yellow red ewith the " everywear west " scheme be thanks