Re: GN Big Sky Blue
Author: Jim
Date: 08-21-2017 - 10:13
Nussel Snouts Wrote:
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> Took a weekend trip to Stevens Pass with my dad in
> the Spring of 1967. Just west of Scenic where the
> final spike was driven, he shot an 8mm movie of a
> short freight pulled by a lone GP-9 in fresh Sky
> Blue paint. Another memorable event was watching
> the repaving of old hiway 2 from Scenic to the
> summit of the pass. The old route passed very
> close to Tye (Wellington). This was to be the
> detour for all traffic while they widened the west
> side of the current hiway 2.
The old route is mostly intact. I biked it last year and stopped at Wellington.
I'm one of the few people who like Big Sky Blue almost over the green and orange. My understanding is that BN almost adopted this as their paint, but decided to go with something new so as not to show favoritism to one of the merger partners.