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princessclyne69
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The president of Missouri Pacific after 1923, L. W. Baldwin (1875-1946), was reported to have said ‘the only proper color for a steam locomotive is black’.

If someone can supply a context for this quote, I’d appreciate it. I read this quote more than once in the 1970s.

Ron Merrick