Re: DRGW not C&TS

John West Wrote:
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> I'm curious as to when the DRGW went from red to
> gray. I was surprised to see a color slide of it
> in red in DRGW days, so presumably the switch was
> in the 1940's or perhaps early 50's. It was gray
> during most of its time on the C&TS, painted red
> with C&TS marks around 1991, back to gray but with
> C&TS marks around 1996 or 7, and now (2019-2020)
> back to red and probably C&TS marks. As I
> mentioned above I like the red and was pleased to
> see a color slide of it during its red D&RGW
> days.
>
> I suppose a sub plot would be when did the DRGW go
> from the large OY on the tender to the small D&RGW
> and OY lettering.
>
> JBWX

Grey became the MOW color in 1939-1940. As all this stuff was lowly MOW equipment, it took a while to get things painted. Some cars (like 04904) never got painted grey. OY was painted red in the fall of 1977 for use on the 1978 Winter Special that Scenic Rys put on.