Great Old Photos

[sd70accsxt700]

Found this place a while ago, and it is a neat place for photos from the 50's and 60's. Lots from all over. Quite a few GTW too. In fact the latest up date has GTW out of Detroit, along with long abandon CSS trackage down the middle of the street in Gary, In. Of intrest to me and the GTW fans can chime in, is in the very first photo in the top left, of (IIRC) 5631 is GTW passenger cars in solid Maple Leaf green with noting else but GTW spelled out in gold. First I have seen this, what was that all about?

http://godfatherrails.com/home/home.asp

[AARR]

I love the vanderbilt tenders that GTW used on it's Mountains and Northerns.

Can't help with you passenger car question, sorry.

[Shorthaul]

It's really neat to see those South Shore cars in action. Those are very similar (or the same) to the one we have at the Southern Michigan Railroad.

[Russ Hill]

Of intrest to me and the GTW fans can chime in, is in the very first photo in the top left, of (IIRC) 5631 is GTW passenger cars in solid Maple Leaf green with noting else but GTW spelled out in gold. First I have seen this, what was that all about?

http://godfatherrails.com/home/home.asp

That's the pre 1954 paint scheme. In 1954 passenger cars started receiving the black belt below the windows, and the round Maple Leaf heralds.

[sd70accsxt700]

Shorthaul yes same cars. Russ thanks for the info. I just thought they were all delevered in the black, gold stripe, green. Here is the harder question, may be, did CN do the same thing or was theres always black, gold stripe, green.

[Russ Hill]

CN did the same thing.

You might want to get the book; Grand Trunk Western in Color; vol. 1, Steam to Green, 1941 - 1961. by Jerry Pinkepank.

There a lot of photos of that type in that book.

[J T]

Found this place a while ago, and it is a neat place for photos from the 50's and 60's.

John has a lot of classic photos on RP. I'm surprised you've never seen them on there.

[sd70accsxt700]

I have just keep forgetting to post them here.