marty track posted:
WHITE WITH BLACK ?????
If you look closely at this photo, there is a lighter color along the bottom batten. It appears to be aluminum. Also of note in this photo is that is labeled for Seaboard while the other side photo that exists doesn't show that. This this was rebuilt halfway through the 1939 World's fair from an E3 into an E6. The E3 was sold to the Seaboard and had a different Seaboard scheme before this one. I believe this photo represents the best photographic evidence available. The body color is not white, but I suspect it is the same cream color applied to the original ATSF FTs prior to the brighter yellow being applied.
Currently I have marked up the manufacturer's drawing accordingly based on this photo. As Jack said, this was really never a true demonstrator. I was simply placed in an exhibition and over the course of a year had a lot of changes! I have a reference guide of demonstrator paint schemes and this is not shown. I suspect the E3 demonstrator was enough to sell units as the E6 was mostly an internal upgrade of that model.
Here is my FT showing the color I am referencing:
