ALCO RS-11

Unit Type Date Body Color Body Stripe(s) Heralds Road Name Road Number Pilot Stripes End Stripes
400 RS11
401 RS11
402 RS11
403 RS11
8640 RS11u 3/1964 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe, no class lettering below None None
8641 RS11u 3/1964 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe, no class lettering below None None
8642 RS11u 3/1964 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe, no class lettering below None None
8643 RS11u 3/1964 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe, no class lettering below None None
8644 RS11u 3/1964 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe, no class lettering below None None
8648 RS11u 3/1964 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe, no class lettering below None None
7640 ren. RS11u 2-3/1967 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe None None
Late 1967? As above As above As above As above Large sans-serif style below stripe As above As above
7/1973 Cornell Red 4″ yellow, even with top of battery box Black Diamond with wide white outline, lower on front, high on rear Large sans-serif style above stripe, forward on hood sides Large sans-serif style above stripe Red & white V stripes front and rear White V stripes below herald, front only
7641 ren. RS11u 3/1967 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe None None
Late 1969 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, straight across ends 20″ white flags on ends above stripe and on sides below stripe Roman style high on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe None None
7642 ren. RS11u 5/1967 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe None None
Late 1971 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, straight across ends 20″ white flags centered in break in side stripes, black diamond with narrow white outline on ends Intermediate size sans-serif style high on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe Diagonal Tuscan & white stripes, slanting upper right to lower left None
7643 ren. RS11u 2-3/1967 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Small Roman style below stripe None None
2/1973 Cornell Red 4″ yellow, even with top of battery box Black Diamond with wide white outline, high on front and rear Large sans-serif style above stripe, centered on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe Red & white V stripes front and rear White V stripes below herald, front only
7644 ren. RS11u 5/1967 Repaint in same scheme early 1969 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe None None
7648 ren. RS11u By 8/1967 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, curving down to walkway at front and rear Gray flag in black diamond, centered on front (long hood) end only Roman style high on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe None None
Early 1970 Tuscan Red 4″ imitation gold, at bottom of cab window, straight across ends 20″ white flags centered in break in side stripes, black diamond with medium white outline on ends Roman style high on hood sides Large sans-serif style below stripe None None
Lee Turner’s model of RS-11 7642, a Car and Locomotive Shop brass import, pulls a brass LV caboose built by Town Models.
More models from Lee: RS11 number 400, a brass Car and Locomotive shop import, leads RS-11 number 402, a kit bash of a Weaver RS-3. GP-18 number 304, kit bashed from a plastic Red Caboose GP-9, brings up the rear.

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