Freelance 2013-2 (MAW)

[faraway]

...Don't know anything about M15 AC or DC because ...

Andy, the story starts with the MD15AC in the standard MILW paint scheme
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/3/...918198.jpg

SOO painted a black "mask" over the MILW road name and road number and added their numbers
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/3/...539205.jpg
That is the origin of the nickname "bandits" due to the black mask.

I have no idea why but the SOO shops must have used black paint of the lowest possible quality and the bandits started to look like this one
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/8/...415600.jpg

Some of this poor creatures ended at the WSOR and got another black mask at the cab sides to carry the WSOR road name and number
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/3/...749990.jpg

but like in all good fairy tales do we have a happy end and they got a beautiful red WSOR dress
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/1/...626295.jpg

That is the fairy tale of the rust bucket