This month I've taken a break from working on the layout to paint my Z-1 and Y-1 class electric locomotives.

Background

As delivered, they were painted passenger green and lettered in gold leaf. I'm painting one Y and one Z-1 like that.

Later, in the thirties the lettering was changed to dulux yellow and a red feild was added behind the yellow goat. About this time Y-1's were modified by adding a busbar and moving the bell and headlight. The Z-1's were just repainted.

Finally, sometime after 1951, the Y-1 were painted in orange and green and the bell was moved again. The Z-1 remained the same except the goat was painted white on a red field. This scheme is too modern for the period I model so I'm using the second scheme.

Modifying and painting the Y-1 Electrics

Painting the Z-1s

Juice Jacks on the layout - this page

Y-1 5016, in the Original colors and configuration leads the westboud Empire Builder through Casmere.

The Builder meets The Casacdian which has Z-1 5001 on the point.