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I think, SP never had a paint scheme like BLI's #4133. Since 1913 SP had company wide paint standards for their steam locomotives: - Officially From 1913: <a href="https://railroadheritage.org/local/data/images/Img--00003170.jpg">https://railroadheritage.org/local/data/images/Img--00003170.jpg</a> - Officially from 1916: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/atlanticsteamlocomotives/_/rsrc/1406038463249/home/atlantics-built-1895-1901/1902/1903/1904/IMG_0006-010.jpg">https://sites.google.com/site/atlanticsteamlocomotives/_/rsrc/1406038463249/home/atlantics-built-1895-1901/1902/1903/1904/IMG_0006-010.jpg</a> - Officially from 1946: <a href="http://www.steamlocomotive.com/whyte/4-8-0/USA/photos/sp2914-weber.jpg">http://www.steamlocomotive.com/whyte/4-8-0/USA/photos/sp2914-weber.jpg</a> In all paint scheme the boiler, cab, tender are black. Smokebox and smokebox front are graphite except front in aluminum since 1946. That doesn't mean that all locomotives were repainted at the given dates. New locomotives got the schemes when delivered and others when repainting was due. [quote user="Old Fat Robert"]It does make me wonder in a very small way what sort of documentation was used to produce this outstanding model.[/quote] For one they had the photo. On the other hand Baldwin had standardized paint styles that were used when the railroad didn't specify a paint scheme. Perhaps Baldwin used the standard of the time and BLI had it. Here is Style 220 for a tank engine around the turn of the 20th century: <a href="http://loggingmallets.railfan.net/sub/paintdiagram.gif">http://loggingmallets.railfan.net/sub/paintdiagram.gif</a> Or Style 291 for a locomotive with tender in the same time period: <a href="http://www.pacificng.com/ref/locobuilders/blw/style/stylediag/S219-CairnsMulgrave-B13-4-6-0.png">http://www.pacificng.com/ref/locobuilders/blw/style/stylediag/S219-CairnsMulgrave-B13-4-6-0.png</a> Perhaps BLI just exchanged the olive green with black. The grey areas were planished iron. Regards, Volker
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