Modeling questions: (1) Did C&O have boxcar red plug-door 50' boxcars with the Roman lettering on left and C&O for Progress herald on right? Numbers? (2) Were any EMD F7s ever lettered for Chessie System, either C&O B&O or WM? Numbers? Any photo available? Thanks ! Jim Bradley Hawk Mountain Chapter N.R.H.S.
Jim, I'm not sure of the oxide red box cars in C&O. I do know that NONE not a one of thee F-7's got chessie paint. They were either A.) Scrapped, or B.) traded to EMD for the laterst loco's at that time period. Although, I know their are a few models of the F-7's out their thats painted in Chessie colors, however thats only to sell the product an isn't prototypical in any way. Companies paint "odd-ball" loco's in scemes that the real railroad had that they never had the same type cocomotives to sell their product. Such as Bachmann, they made an older F-7/9 that they painted into Chessie colors, however Chessie never had any F class loco's in their colors. However When chessie took over the Western Maryland in 1972, they did take a few F-7's in Western Maryland "circus" sceme an renumbered then, but never ever repainted them into the Chessie colors.... HTH
