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Tom Morris                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                When Lionel announced the SRR Ts Mountain would be built I sent two colored photos to their HQ. One like your posted copy, shown in Asheville, and a very dirty one parked in Spartanburg. The roof of the one in Spartanburg as well as much of the boiler was covered in soot so color was not determinable. My best evaluation based on a long ago TIES magazine comment was flat black. Anyway I urged them to not follow the "red roof marketing syndrome" which was wrong. I received a letter of thanks back from the Secretary to the President noting that my photos were placed on file. Of course we got the red roof.

Way back in the very early days of MTH I did some basic research for Mike on the Southern and the Clinchfield (Challenger), working mostly with Mark Hipp Mike's brother in law. However, when they planned the Ps-4 1396  Southern Crescent version I argued directly with Mike that a red roof was wrong. As a result he shipped my 1396 with a green roof but went to market with the red roof--more salable I was told. My 1396 is pictured top right on the metal shelves and left heading the consist on the shelf RR. Note the looped tender to engine wire, I had TA Studios convert it from conventional to TMCC.  Fortunately (in later days) Lionel issued their versions with the green roof.

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