Re: 3801 - IT'S BLACK ..... WHY????

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

Good to see the 3801 discussion is back on track and not diverted about
stupid Victorian Football.

Cheers
RJG
Hennessy, Mason <masda@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> The loco looks absolutely great, I hope it is not too temporary - and as
> Eddie Oliver points out it is entirely authentic - the last Melbourne
> Limited south was hauled by 3801 in this livery for example, some time
after
> 3830 had returned to green. Likewise the first of 3801's "last runs" was
in
> black.
>
> If we were really talking UK preservation approaches, it would have
emerged
> filthy black and renumbered to masquerade as 3803 circa 1967-8!  (Or green
> but as 3805, the first green streamilined 38.) Now there's an idea, how
> about it Geoff? And can I put in a vote for grey after the next overhaul
> while we are at it?
>
>