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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by cmarchan The Black Widow scheme started during the period of the Daylight paint scheme, in 1959, the passenger cars were switched to the all stainless (silver) color with a red band through the name board area across the entire car with SOUTHERN PACIFIC in aluminum lettering. [img]http://www.geocities.com/espee9164/ch2486.jpg[/img] Visit the following link to get more information: http://www.geocities.com/espee9164/pass.car.mod.html Happy Railroading! [/quote] The Black widow scheme was ended in 1959 when the Cotton Belt GP9's were delivered in Gray and Red, but many units were not repainted until the mid 1960's. The paint scheme started in 1947 with the first F3ABBA sets and continued with future SD7's and SD9's. The GP9's that were delievered in 1956 were still in Black Widow. The dates below are for the first F3's SP purchased in 1947 and 1948. May 1947 to January 1949 F3A SP 6100A, 6100D-6119A, 6119D 40 You can use the Black Widow with Daylight cars on the San Joaquin Daylight out of Bakersfield after steam was pulled off in 1956 on. There are many pictures of Black Widow F's on the Overland also.
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