06-18-2012, 09:22 AM
jwb Wrote:The gray Clinchfield scheme was used thru the mid-to-late 1960s, with the SD40s and GP38s getting it. But the Clinchfield was fairly well off, and it repainted pretty frequently. Even so, Reinhard, you ought to keep one of those as Clinchfield, since it's a southern line, and it even had some industrial switching in the Kingsport, TN area. But it should be pretty dirty-black weathered in service.
Jep, it's an old coal hauler. http://www.american-rails.com/clinchfield-railroad.html I do usually refrain from coal lines etc. because they run long and heavy trains not matching a small ISL try well.
Reinhard