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Virgina & Truckee INYO colours?

Hi Guys:

The NSRM Nevada State Railroad Museum presently has the INYO painted in LAKE BROWN (headlamp, cowcatcher, cab & tender).

The Rivarossi HO Scale and O Scale models always had the INYO painted in RED (headlamp, cowcatcher, cab & tender).

Did Rivarossi watch too many Hollywood Westerns and decided that the INYO cab and tender were RED or is this a correct paint scheme for INYO during some
period of her steaming career?

Any V&T fans out there who would know?

Norman

It seems that this locomotive has quite a Hollywood history, from early movies through the series 'The Wild Wild West.
Nice find, and the way I read it on the wikipedia page, the colors on it now are based on the original paint scheme. I could be wrong…

http://www.virginiaandtruckee.com/Locomotive/No22.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Locomotive