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skeeterbuck		#1 Posted : 11 March 2016 19:58:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2015(UTC) Posts: 523 Location: Maryland, Baltimore		Marklin has the BR-61 in a gray finish and they indicate that it's an Era III loco. Wouldn't the gray paint been applied during the war years? Chuck

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H0		#2 Posted : 11 March 2016 20:39:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,262 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: skeeterbuck Wouldn't the gray paint been applied during the war years? After the end of the war it took a few years to establish the Deutsche Bundesbahn. And it took a few years more to repaint all locos that still had war-time liveries. Yes, at that time the loco still had the war-time livery. It had lost the automatic couplers. Probably it also lost parts of the streamlining. And most likely it looked very bad, not nice and new as the model. AFAIK it was used for local passenger trains at that time.
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skeeterbuck		#3 Posted : 11 March 2016 22:06:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2015(UTC) Posts: 523 Location: Maryland, Baltimore		Originally Posted by: H0 Originally Posted by: skeeterbuck Wouldn't the gray paint been applied during the war years? After the end of the war it took a few years to establish the Deutsche Bundesbahn. And it took a few years more to repaint all locos that still had war-time liveries. Yes, at that time the loco still had the war-time livery. It had lost the automatic couplers. Probably it also lost parts of the streamlining. And most likely it looked very bad, not nice and new as the model. AFAIK it was used for local passenger trains at that time. Tom, do you think that this paint scheme reflects Era II and then into Era III? And...I agree that the only time it would have looked nice and new was when it was nice and new with the blue/cream paint. Chuck


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H0		#4 Posted : 11 March 2016 23:04:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,262 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: skeeterbuck Tom, do you think that this paint scheme reflects Era II and then into Era III? Era II ends 1950 and era III starts 1945 - so this loco is both era II and era III. I think she looked nice with the fresh ~~black~~ dark grey paint - whenever she received it. A prototype photo can be seen here: http://bielefelder-eisen...unde.de/baureihe-61.html
		Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS


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skeeterbuck		#5 Posted : 11 March 2016 23:22:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2015(UTC) Posts: 523 Location: Maryland, Baltimore		Originally Posted by: H0 Originally Posted by: skeeterbuck Tom, do you think that this paint scheme reflects Era II and then into Era III? Era II ends 1950 and era III starts 1945 - so this loco is both era II and era III. I think she looked nice with the fresh black paint - whenever she received it. A prototype photo can be seen here: http://bielefelder-eisen...unde.de/baureihe-61.html I thought it was dunkelgrau?


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H0		#6 Posted : 11 March 2016 23:31:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,262 Location: DE-NW		I guess it was dark grey (some sources say black).
		Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS


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