Alrighty then.... with the upcoming availability of the S-4, is anyone going to be brave enough to strip the factory paint from a random model and take a crack at SLSF 298, or better yet, NEO 706? Actually, I'd like an NEO engine for my pike. By the way, does ANYONE know where I can view a decent color photo of this engine in NEO paint? RBob (Buck Dean)
I actually would enjoy seeing someone model one of these. I personally will respectfully decline to do so, but I'd enjoy seeing a model nonetheless. Doesn't Frisco in Color have a photo of one of these in original paint but relettered for SL-SF working in a location outside of it's original home iron? Best Regards,
Wow...this is great. Thanks, and a tip of the hat to everyone. Although this is a fairly decent slide, does anyone want to further a guess as to actual colors? They look "tuscan-ish" red and light tan to me. Buck
Maybe more of an E-L or Lackawanna "Burgandy" than Tuscan?? PRR Tuscan has more brown, E-L more red, but that's my humble opinion, just "eyeballing." Tom
Don's posted pic from Jeff is of NEO 705, which was an Alco S-2, not an S-4. NEO/SLSF only had one S-4, which was NEO 706, later SLSF 298. NEO 705, the S-2 unit in the pic, became SLSF 297. The NEO paint job for their one S-4, NEO 706/SLSF 298, looked just like the S-2 in Jeff's pic, except that it did not carry the "Ore Line" motto at the top of the hood. The Alco S-2 and the Alco S-4 were nearly identical, except that the S-2 had Blunt trucks (as in the pic) while the S-4 had AAR-Type A trucks. Ken
