Re: Two Green K-37s - maybe more

The only time a K-36 is documented as having a green boiler jacket is #489 in 1950 for a Rocky Club excursion. IIRC, K-37 #499 was apparently also given a green jacket the previous year for a similar reason, but I am not certain of this.

At least one K-37 - #497 - was delivered by the Burnham shops with a green jacket when converted from a standard gauge 2-8-0 in 1929-30. It is fairly likely she was not the only one. The exact shade of green and how visible it was after she (they?) had been in service a few weeks (or even days) - and how long the green lasted - is not known, but the green was surely gone by the time the flying Rio Grande logo was introduced in the early 1940s. It is extremely unlikely that any engines other than #499 in 1949 and #489 in 1950 had both green jackets and the flying Rio Grande logo at the same time.

See [ngdiscussion.net] for a (B&W) photo of #497 in green, and the rest of the thread for a looonnng argument discussion of this issue.



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2008 06:06PM by Russo Loco.