I can't vouch for when the orange EJ&E gons first appeared, but when I hired out on Santa Fe in November, 1964, the gons were black and the coil steel covers were orange. Everything ws pretty new at that point, also, with little evidence of in-service damage, etc.
Bob Nicholson _________________________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "gsc3" <gsc3@...> wrote: > > Anyone on this list have knowledge of when the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern > first painted their 52' 6" gons in the orange color with green lettering. > Evidently they did the boxcars in the late 1940's, but I've been unable to > turn a pic of a gon earlier than 1970. > > Thanks, > George Courtney > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
