Earl wrote
>
> 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.
While John is curious about when the D&RGW painted it grey, I am curious to know if the OY or OM ever ran under the C&TS ownership with Rio Grande on it. All the times I have seen it they lettered it C&TS. However some time after 1997, it was cleaned up for display and Rio Grande was put on it. The logic was that it was a historic piece of equipment and not part of the daily operations. So has it ever run as Rio Grande OY since 1962(Last run on D&RGW whenever that was)?
Greg