The one I was referring to was the demonstrator for the Baldwin centercabs - the ones that were basically two engines back-to-back with one cab in the middle.
The only other "Blue Goose" of which I'm familiar is the Westinghouse gas-turbine locomotive. It was housed in a carbody similar to a shark-nose, so this may explain why some see it as a Baldwin demonstrator.
I remember reading in an old copy of RAILROAD Magazine that ATSF 3460 was also referred to as "Mae West" for its curvaceous styling.
wjstix wrote: BTW, when they were actually running they were called "BlueBirds". In about 1949 Baldwin sent around a diesel demonstrator in a blue/gray paintscheme that got the nickname "The Blue Goose". Somehow that name migrated to the ATSF steam engines retroactively. But that happens in history, there are a lot of 'famous' people whose names in the history books aren't the same as what they were called during their lifetimes. p.s. Video Rails has a video with a shot of one of these engines (in color). Beleive it was called "Streamliners of Yesteryear". Virtually all color film from about 1936-42.
BTW, when they were actually running they were called "BlueBirds". In about 1949 Baldwin sent around a diesel demonstrator in a blue/gray paintscheme that got the nickname "The Blue Goose". Somehow that name migrated to the ATSF steam engines retroactively. But that happens in history, there are a lot of 'famous' people whose names in the history books aren't the same as what they were called during their lifetimes.
p.s. Video Rails has a video with a shot of one of these engines (in color). Beleive it was called "Streamliners of Yesteryear". Virtually all color film from about 1936-42.
LOL, thanks I'll check that out. the last time someone directed me to a video having the "blue goose", I believe it was video called "Glory machines" I watched but missed it three times before having to watch it again in slow motion just to see the goose in a B/W 3 second clip racing by at 90mph in a shabby end of life condition.
I'm looking for a color photo in its initial as built state before its lower shrouding was removed.
BTW, there was only one Blue Goose, the SF#3460. ATSF had no other engine shrouded and streamlined in their steam roster.
Joe
Thanks guys. MY guess is very few actual color photos of the blue goose exist.
I'm wondering if Kalmbach has a color shot in their vast library of older steam photos.
I'd be interested in seeing it..
Maybe someone from classic trains magizine could post it here?
Probably would make a future issue very interesting.
threerailnut wrote: Hello guys, one of my favorite engines is the #3460 SF Blue Goose but it seems nearly impossible finding a color shot of it.Can someone lead me to a website or to a past issue of trains or Classic trains or any other magizine or book that may contain elusive color photos? I've seen the only one color shot of the Goose in a Morning Sun book passing under a bridge of sorts but that photo seems to be doctored, colored in not actual..ThanksJoe
Hello guys, one of my favorite engines is the #3460 SF Blue Goose but it seems nearly impossible finding a color shot of it.
Can someone lead me to a website or to a past issue of trains or Classic trains or any other magizine or book that may contain elusive color photos?
I've seen the only one color shot of the Goose in a Morning Sun book passing under a bridge of sorts but that photo seems to be doctored, colored in not actual..
Thanks
Joe: Welcome to the forum. I went back and found the article I had recently read, thinking it had a color photo. Unfortuneately, they're all black and white. It's an article in the June,1985 Trains Magazine, by Looyd E. Stanger. What made me think there was a color picture, is the cover, which is a drawing (painting?)of 3460, in blue/gray color.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
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