Ed Mullan posted:After watching hundreds of B&O steam when I was a youngster, I think Art can be forgiven...I can't remember anything but new EM 1's being black. Grey, that patina of dirt that seems to cover most steam engines in well used service, is what I remember most as the color of most Mikes, Pacifics, others, and for that matter, the many Consolidations of the Western Maryland, also near my home town.
Ed
I agree, and yet I hope no one takes issue with Ed on this. Remember, he is going by memories etched into his mind a VERY long time ago. He reached out to the experts for clarification and got it.
That's to be commended rather than saying the equivalent of "duh" to him.