@Dj'sOgaugetrains posted:Anybody know when the E1’s were repainted from early (orangy) to late (red?)
From what I could find, the change seems to have occurred during the late1940's. The cover of the 2nd Qtr issue of the SFRH&MS's 'the Warbonnet' shows 2A (later designated as 2L) in the early color. The photo is captioned: "Train 212, The Tulsan rolls through Cherryvale, Kentucky, behind motor 2 on November 28, 1946". In addition, there is a photo in the Society's 'Diesel Locomotive Painting & Lettering Guide' on page 68 captioned: "On October 31, 1948, the 4-Spot sat at San Diego... The unit wore the warm orange/red paint typical of the era."
Regarding the first photo: the term 'Motor" was an AT&SF acronym for a diesel powered unit with cab (i.e., the A unit in EMD terminology). Santa Fe later changed the "A" designation to "L" to the identify the lead cab unit. The number preceding the letter being the numerical road number. The Santa Fe acronym for EMD's "B" was the same at first but changed to "A" when the change to "L" was made for the cab units.
The term 'Spot' in the second photo was Santa Fe's shorthand denoting locomotive road number.
The Santa Fe's E1A's and E1B's were built by EMC between June of 1937 to April of 1938. All were rebuilt to E8m's in 1953 and in 1970 all were traded to EMD for GP38's (except for 3L which was destroyed in 1959).
