Train Master ?

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I don't recall any ex-VGN H-24-66 Trainmasters being painted blue.  All the ex-Wabash H-24-66 Trainmasters were blue as best I recall from seeing them at Bellevue, Brewster, or Roanoke.  The problem with a blue ATLAS Trainmaster is that all the Wabash units were re-engined by ALCO prior to the merger (with stack and hood air filter modifications different than FM standards).  Additionally the Wabash units had walkway variations that are different than the previous runs by ATLAS.  Unless ATLAS is doing some significant Trainmaster model variations blue wouldn't be accurate.  For a reality check....does anyone have a picture of a blue ex-Virginian H-24-66?  Not H-16-44's ......I have shots of several ex-VGN H-16-44's in blue.

Ed Painter - Narrows, VA currently living in Russellville, AR

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It all depends on what scheme was in use at the time the individual unit was repainted. And some got repainted more than once. I remember seeing ex-Vgn trainmasters in black with the script herald. BTW - Athearn used the blue scheme, but then, Athearn is not what you wanted.
Jim Nichols

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Were the N&W Train Masters painted in the Half Moon black, and the ex Wabash repainted in the Half Moon blue? Atlas is rerunning the N&W Train Masters in Black with the Half Moon emblem, I was hoping for the blue scheme.
Stephen Rineair
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