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California's Railroad to the U.S. 1861 - 1996

Southern Pacific ALCo S-2

The RMC article listed below by Tony Thompson gives quite a detailed history of these units, and the paint schemes they wore. So as it is a recent and still available article, I'll suggest you get that to use as a reference to detailing a model.

Models:

• N Scale:
  • Atlas?

• HO Scale:
  • Atlas.
  • AHM.

• O Scale:
  • ?

References:

• Railroad Model Craftsman May 1988 page 54. - Modeling a Tiger Striped S2.
• Model Railroader July 1974 page 36 - Painting SP Diesel Switchers.
• MR Diesel Cyclopedia Vol.2 page 40 - Plans for an S2.
• Railroad Modeler Sept. 1974 page 46 - Know your Diesel - no SP, but lots of pics.