and he wonders - What happens to the color scheme if a loco is traveling east to west and vice-versa?
I recall that the sides of locomotives were designated for the engineer and fireman, not a compass point, but maybe the Polar Express is... Raleigh At 01:39 AM 12/30/2004, dphobbies wrote: >Ed: > >I guess I'll go to Sacramento for completing my education. In the >meantime I'll share my stupidity with the group. > >Rerun Ron >Des Plaines > >Hi Ron....Nice try, but that is not even close. I was referring to >the >paint scheme on the loco when it traveled in the SOUTHBOUND >direction as >opposed to the paint scheme on the loco when it traveled in the >NORTHBOUND direction. You tried to change the question, but it didn't >work. But a darn good try, I might add. Any more ideas out there in >DPH-land? Cheers...Ed L. > >-----Original Message----- >From: dphobbies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 5:10 PM >To: Edward Loizeaux >Subject: Re: Daylight GS-4 on eBay > > > >--- In [email protected], "Edward Loizeaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > Folks.... > > > > By now you have probably seen the GS-4 on eBay (courtesy of Ron > > Sebastion) and observed that it is painted in the SOUTHBOUND paint > > scheme. Does anyone out there know how it is different from the > > NORTHBOUND paint scheme? Yes, this is a test of your real railroad > > knowledge. Any takers? > > > > Cheers...Ed L. > >Aw comon Ed, give 'em a hard one. Even us Midwesterners know the >ball of the ball and wings on the Daylight insignia is always toward >the front of the locomotive on both the north side and south side of >the loco. You were, of course, refering to the sides of the loco >north and south) not NORTHBOUND and SOUTHBOUND, the direction of >travel. sound like you may have been over to Sacramento reading >about Charles Eggelstons work on the design of the insignia. > >Perhaps one can tell us why the engineer's side is the north and the >copilots is the south side. > >Ron Sebastian >Des Plaines Hobbies > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
