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C&O Passenger pain schemes
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 26, 2001 7:37 PM
Hi,
I have been looking through some pictures, as I am beggining to research into the C&O railroad, and it seems like there are 10,000 differant passenger paint schemes. Can anyone tell me what schemes were in use in 1948? If it makes any differance I am modeling june.

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Posted by RailEagle on Monday, June 15, 2020 12:07 PM

Blue and yellow like this car that was restored to its 1950 exterior by the C&O historical society 

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Posted by York1 on Monday, June 15, 2020 12:19 PM

I have to admit that the title of this thread got me to click on it.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, June 15, 2020 12:42 PM

York1

I have to admit that the title of this thread got me to click on it.

 

Yeah, me too!  I was wondering if it was a scheme to discourage train travel, kind of like the Southern Pacific had in the 60's.

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, June 15, 2020 1:00 PM

NECRO THREAD ALERT!

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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, June 15, 2020 2:03 PM

Overmod

NECRO THREAD ALERT!

 

Is it time to bury it? 

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, June 15, 2020 3:01 PM

Deggesty
Is it time to bury it? 

It should never have been unburied...

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, June 15, 2020 3:10 PM

Overmod

 

 
Deggesty
Is it time to bury it? 

 

It should never have been unburied...

 

 

Really?  I kind of enjoyed "Night Of The Living Dead."

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, June 15, 2020 3:18 PM

 

It pains me to say this, but the original poster 19-1/2 years ago probably should have proofread his headline. MischiefDead

 

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Monday, June 15, 2020 3:20 PM

So... you are searching the web for some subject you want to know more about and up pops an old thread on a forum and you read it and find that you have a comment that you want to make... Instead of opening the old thread you should start a new one and make a comment something like:

 

"I really agree with 'TrainFanIdiot' that the paint scheme as shown in his photo was the best one until the merger and then they combined the two and I think the new one (per 'IdiotTrainFan's photo) is horrible.  Does anybody else agree?"

 

There is NOTHING wrong with joining a conversation a bit late, or even way late.  Just think of the people that will see the information anew; they might never have known it existed.

 

 

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Monday, June 15, 2020 4:16 PM

I can't view the photo? 

Murphy - that's awful (ly good!) Bow

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Posted by York1 on Monday, June 15, 2020 4:23 PM

Deggesty
Overmod

NECRO THREAD ALERT!

 

Is it time to bury it? 

 

 

Absolutely not!  I enjoyed the resuscitated headline!  It brought a little fun into the day.

 

I'm with Flintlock.  I actually wondered if someone decided to convince people they should take a plane.

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, June 15, 2020 5:01 PM

Murphy Siding
It pains me to say this, but the original poster 19-1/2 years ago probably should have proofread his headline. MischiefDead

Or maybe he was still traumatized by the C&O not following through with the operation of The Chessie and its steam turbine locomotive.  Great Pain.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, June 15, 2020 5:14 PM

I wonder if the OP's still in the land of the living?  Hmm

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, June 15, 2020 5:25 PM

Flintlock76

I wonder if the OP's still in the land of the living?  Hmm

 

The fact that the user name pops up as anonymous means that poster has left the forum. Elvis has left the building....

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Posted by RailEagle on Monday, June 15, 2020 6:15 PM

Sorry about that. Here is the link to the website: https://cohs.org/archives/rolling-stock/

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, June 15, 2020 6:18 PM

Flintlock76
Really?  I kind of enjoyed "Night Of The Living Dead."

That's because you didn't have to star in it involuntarily...©️♠️

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, June 15, 2020 9:17 PM

Flintlock76

I wonder if the OP's still in the land of the living?  Hmm

 

He might have died from exhaustion after 302,278 posts!

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Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 7:46 AM

Murphy Siding

 

 
Flintlock76

I wonder if the OP's still in the land of the living?  Hmm

 

 

 

He might have died from exhaustion after 302,278 posts!

 

 

That would be quite an achievement!

I wonder: is the 302,278 the total number of posts made by all who now hide behind "anonymous?"

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:03 AM

Deggesty
 
Murphy Siding 
Flintlock76

I wonder if the OP's still in the land of the living?  Hmm 

He might have died from exhaustion after 302,278 posts! 

That would be quite an achievement!

I wonder: is the 302,278 the total number of posts made by all who now hide behind "anonymous?"

I believe it is the post total for all those that have been consigned to the 'anonymous' bin - for whatever the reason.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:26 AM

Deggesty
...all who now hide behind "anonymous?"

I wouldn't say they're hiding - more like they've been consigned to the forum equivalent of a Potter's Field.

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