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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford All Messages By This Member #865 Friends, As promised, here are the black-and-white photos of SN's Alcos from my collection. 403: [West] Sacramento, 6/12/68. Will Whittaker photo, negative in my collection. Note the cab roof equipment: gumball beacon, firecracker ratio antenna and impressive horn array. IIRC, gumball lights were required by Chico's city fathers to operate over street trackage there. 404 (1st): West Sacramento, undated. Garth Groff photo. 404 (2nd): Stockton dead line, 4/22/73.?Will Whittaker photo, negative in my collection. The missing roof equipment suggests the locomotive has been stripped prior to sale for scrap on 8/15/73. 405: West Sacramento, undated. Photographer unknown, negative in my collection. 406: West Sacramento, 9/30/73. Henry Bender photo, negative in my collection via Will Whittaker. 406 was the only SN Alco with nose numberboards. Last time the computer scrambled the order of my photos. Let's see if it works better this time. Yours Aye, Garth Groff ???????? Scotland forever! SACRAMENTO NORTHERN 403-W1.png SACRAMENTO NORTHERN 404-HD1.png SACRAMENTO NORTHERN 404-W1.png SACRAMENTO NORTHERN 405-HC1.png SACRAMENTO NORTHERN 406-WC1.png
Scott Wiesemann All Messages By This Member #866 Garth and Joel, Thanks so much for all the information on the Alco engines.? My next question is what would be the appropriate color of orange paint and from what model paint company. Scott On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 3:08?AM Garth Groff and Sally Sanford via <mallardlodge1000=[email protected]> wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text Friends, As promised, here are the black-and-white photos of SN's Alcos from my collection. 403: [West] Sacramento, 6/12/68. Will Whittaker photo, negative in my collection. Note the cab roof equipment: gumball beacon, firecracker ratio antenna and impressive horn array. IIRC, gumball lights were required by Chico's city fathers to operate over street trackage there. 404 (1st): West Sacramento, undated. Garth Groff photo. 404 (2nd): Stockton dead line, 4/22/73.?Will Whittaker photo, negative in my collection. The missing roof equipment suggests the locomotive has been stripped prior to sale for scrap on 8/15/73. 405: West Sacramento, undated. Photographer unknown, negative in my collection. 406: West Sacramento, 9/30/73. Henry Bender photo, negative in my collection via Will Whittaker. 406 was the only SN Alco with nose numberboards. Last time the computer scrambled the order of my photos. Let's see if it works better this time. Yours Aye, Garth Groff ???????? Scotland forever!
Garth Groff and Sally Sanford All Messages By This Member #867 Scott, In general in the diesel era SN paint followed WP standards, so what is usually called Zephyr Orange should work. I always considered Floquil reefer orange to be acceptable and used that on my?44-tonners. That doesn't help much since Floquil is no longer available. Given that (a) real paint fades, (b) it gets filthified?with dirt and diesel exhaust (very WP-ish!), (c) lighting on every layout will be different, and (d) the models will probably be weathered, it doesn't matter too much. Just get it close. Spraying orange paint was one reason I backdated my SN and WP roster to the tuxedo era. Black is much more forgiving. Because I have never had a paint shop, my two airbrushes have gone almost totally unused. I use rattle cans and set my models on a now very colorful cinder block in the backyard. Yours Aye, Garth Groff ???????? Scotland forever! ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 11:34?AM Scott Wiesemann via <swiesemann52=[email protected]> wrote: Garth and Joel, Thanks so much for all the information on the Alco engines.? My next question is what would be the appropriate color of orange paint and from what model paint company. Scott On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 3:08?AM Garth Groff and Sally Sanford via <mallardlodge1000=[email protected]> wrote: Friends, As promised, here are the black-and-white photos of SN's Alcos from my collection. 403: [West] Sacramento, 6/12/68. Will Whittaker photo, negative in my collection. Note the cab roof equipment: gumball beacon, firecracker ratio antenna and impressive horn array. IIRC, gumball lights were required by Chico's city fathers to operate over street trackage there. 404 (1st): West Sacramento, undated. Garth Groff photo. 404 (2nd): Stockton dead line, 4/22/73.?Will Whittaker photo, negative in my collection. The missing roof equipment suggests the locomotive has been stripped prior to sale for scrap on 8/15/73. 405: West Sacramento, undated. Photographer unknown, negative in my collection. 406: West Sacramento, 9/30/73. Henry Bender photo, negative in my collection via Will Whittaker. 406 was the only SN Alco with nose numberboards. Last time the computer scrambled the order of my photos. Let's see if it works better this time. Yours Aye, Garth Groff ???????? Scotland forever!

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