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After looking through a number of photos of early SP steam it seems clear to me that SP received locomotives with planished iron cladded boilers well into the 1900s. A number of Atlantics were specified this way in 1902. I've seen the specs. <a href="http://espee.railfan.net/nonindex/steam-02/3048_sp-steam-a03-byron_bostwick.jpg">http://espee.railfan.net/nonindex/steam-02/3048_sp-steam-a03-byron_bostwick.jpg</a> There are photos of cab forwards too. MC-2 4004 in 1909?: <a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/sp4004.jpg">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/sp4004.jpg</a> AC-6 4126 in 1930?: <a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/sp4126.jpg">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/sp4126.jpg</a> AC-6 4133 again, not dated: <a href="http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/sp4133.jpg">http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/sp4133.jpg</a> I'd understand that a locomotive builder invests the effort of a builder's photo paint job to the class locomotive, but to several?  So when was the last planished iron boilered Baldwin steam locomotive delivered to SP? So the change from planished iron to black is not clear to me anymore. I checked my dates given in the previous post against the "Southern Pacific Painting and Lettering Guide". They show lettering changes. The guide states all as basic black in the steam era after 1913. Baldwin delivered a planished iron boilered locomotive to the McCloud River RR with its 2-8-2 #19 in 1915. Regards, Volker
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