Re: 3801 - Keep It Black!!

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)]

In article <3835e5ae.0@newshost.pcug.org.au> "David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au> writes:
>From: "David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au>
>Subject: Re: 3801 - Keep It Black!!
>Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 11:04:58 +1100

>No - black is so, so boring, about 98 per cent of the steam locos of NSW
>were painted black.  Let 3830 remain black.  How about painting it
>Freightcorp Blue? Or a light blue like Mallard?  It would look even better
>in apple green similar to Flying Scotsman, or dare I say a deeper shade of
>Brunswick Green like the old Great Western.  Only trouble it's funnel isn't
>visible to display a nice copper top.

>David Bennetts

Black is a good colour, from a historical perspective. 3830 is dark green, so 
it can't "remain black. What do you mean Freight Corp blue? They copied 3016.

Dave Malcolm