briansilvermustang posted:July 30, 2019 MELGAR removed photo
Brian’s posts keep me busy photographing my New Haven model locomotives! It’s OK Brian – keep it up!
Brian’s photo appears to have been taken at New Haven motor storage between 1955 and 1960. An EMD FL-9 (road number illegible) is at the left of photo. Judging from the road number (?72) of the locomotive on the right, it is ALCO FA-1 472 (see my first photo below). My second photo has an ALCO PA-1 at right, but based on the grille details and road number (?72), the locomotive at right in Brian’s photo is not a PA-1.
I’m a little disappointed to see that MTH may not have the nose of the McGuiness FA-1/PA-1 paint schemes entirely correct. Actually, as I look at it now, Brian's photo has the red/orange and white bands reversed from MTH, and that is the reason for the difference. On the original McGuiness scheme, the white (side) band was at the bottom but quickly got dirty in service, so the locomotives were eventually repainted with the white band at the top and the red/orange band at the bottom - as per MTH.
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