briansilvermustang posted:
I had done (4) of the Pittsburg and Shawmut SW9 ( My father worked in the diesel shop, Brookville, PA) (Uncle Clair was part of the maintenance of way crew for many years, he often talked about tunnel work)
Also Betsy Ross and Independence. The one time owner of the railroad was a gun enthusiast. Browning, Winchester, Sam Colt,.... and some of the other names on the side of the engines all refer to guns.
The two Red/Yellow SW9's were as the units were new from EMD, 1953. So this consist is a little off. You would have seen the SW9's Bi-Centennial paint (1976) with a red and yellow paint called the Bloody nose with out the flag front/nose as pictured. Unit pictures without the names indicated another paint.
There was also a beat-up Pennsy GP7 that was painted Bi-Centennial. I didn't have the name decal, but at one time the side name was Dan Wesson, another reference to guns. Also note the number 357 refers to a gun.
