LOILOL! I see my love of the MH 89's lovely
faded colors seems to have spread far and wide --
LOL! I like the pastel baby blue and yellow
and deep pink colors. YMMV, as always, and in
her case, I know it does! :)

For those who are curious and for historians
she was built as a high-nose GP-9 in May, 1959,
for the Milwaukee Road, and numbered 306. Here
are 5 photos I found of her before she cane to
Santa Cruz:

1. Here she is in 1971 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Please note she was pained light yellow and black
then. And please read the photographer's note:



2. here is what she looked like on Sept. 27, 1975, in Bensenville, Illinois.
Please note that she was then painted orange and black:



3. She spent some time as the Minnesota Valley 306
(MNVA 306), and was given her third paint scheme.
She is seen here on March 18, 1985, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota:



4 and 5. Here are two photos of her in her in her fourth paint scheme,
the one she now wears, as MH 89 at the Mount Hood Railroad in Hood River,
Oregon. The top photo was taken on August 20, 2007,
and the bottom photo was taken on August 24, 2004: