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Reply to "Santa Fe 2900 and 5011 class smokebox front color in service?"

Big Jim posted:

Google them Lou. There are plenty of B&W photos there clearly showing a gray smokebox front.

I've seen several black and white as well as several color photos showing black smokebox fronts. The color photos are from the 1956-1957 timeframe. The black and white photos with the gray smokebox fronts I've seen date from the mid to late 1940s. I'm modeling about 1951. Would gray smokebox fronts on the 2900 and 5011 class still pre prevalent at that point or would the transition to black smokebox fronts be taking place?

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