Does anybody know what in years that milwaukee road repainted there F7 (Diesels) to orange and black?
The F7 diesels were delivered in both the 'Greyback' and the Orange/Maroon paint scheme in 1949 and the early 50's. And even F9's were delivered in that paint scheme in the mid-50's. The solid orange/black scheme was the 'Repaint' scheme you are asking about? I have heard of 'Repaint' F's showing up in old slides in either 1956 or 1958. I remember lots of F's still in the orange/maroon scheme in the late 60's. I think you are pretty safe with 'Repaint' scheme F units in the late 50's and later.
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Thanks ,that is what I needed to know.
Just to add, with Milwaukee, you also have the F7s that were given HEP gensets, painted UP colors and then repainted back into O&B when they were demoted back to frieght, if they were. The best would be to search for dated photos of a specific unit if you are doing modeling of one.
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