@third rail posted:Mark,
I'm guessing that you might be only a year or two younger than me. If I remember correctly, I went to Electro Motive's 50th anniversary in 1974, the year after I graduated high school. Fresh out of the paint shop but still inside HUGE building was a Chessie System SD40 in all it's splendor. We were even allowed to climb the steps and do a walk through!!
I always liked the color scheme because it gave some excitement to the head end at a time dark monochrome prevailed.
I model 1950's era so the 1970's is out of my range.
Bill,
Sounds like you are right, I graduated in 1974. You are right about the brighter colors than the dark blue. I model 1950s also. That is why I never bought an SD40, but couldn't pass this one up. Of course I needed a caboose or two to go with it. I do have a model of the Western Maryland SD38 that the WMSR runs on passenger runs now. I got it through the Community Model Railroad Club in Frostburg, Maryland as an annual fund raiser. I've been participating for 5 or 6 years now.
