Scott,
The models look great. December will make for a nice Christmas present!
If I had to guess I would bet that the photo on the annual report cover was retouched to make it “wow” the stockholders. I think the trucks were black and any grey tint is due to road grime. Sort of like painting locomotives grey for builders photos and then back to black for delivery.
Either way I will be happy.
Now if you really want to make a bunch of VGN folks happy how about a set of the EL3 a’s or the MB 2-8-2.
Again many thanks,
George Lasley