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Hey WolfGood news that 1442 had the barrel light. Also a snowplow! I've got some old Sunset plows that look like those (they seem to be 'flatter' than the ones on the SD40/45s). So I'll renumber it, plow it, and renumber another bloody nose SD7 for 1442, I'll do it tonite and pic it!Dave = TruColor SP Scarlet. It is very close to the KATO paint on the nose and wings.Rob in NM
Dave = TruColor SP Scarlet. It is very close to the KATO paint on the nose and wings.Rob in NM
Awesome!https://books.google.com/books?id=bVEhihy7tKEC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=sd7+1528&source=bl&ots=qxMTMkbajR&sig=W4ixyhYE2iY2DzLf0ReYrhr-_d4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj40Oj8_bTMAhVS32MKHeeBBhAQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=sd7%201528&f=falseHard to tell from that pic but I think its the round one, as the square ones were the early version. It also looks like it lost its plow. My big problem is that I model the late 60's, so 1442 is correct for that era. I guess i'll just renumber 1442 to another one. It looks like after the 1965 renumbering to the 2700's, some of the light packages were the dual headlight below the Mars box. But the Mars box had a single gyrating white signal light, and the upper light was the red emergency light, like this:http://espee.railfan.net/nonindex/sd07_photos/2701_sp-sd07-bob_dengler.jpgSo 1442 is going back to the future as 2701!
Wolf You werent kidding about that link, quite definitive. It mentions Ted Benson, who I met when I lived in Turlock Ca back in the early 80's. He was a photographer with the Modesto Bee, and of course, a railfan extraordinaire. You could never meet a more humble, nice and knowledgeable guy.
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