Big Train James
Western Thunderer
Presuming you mean the black w/ speed lettering, no stripes, my gut instinct is to say no.
However, the very good Utah Rails website has a section on DRGW paint schemes and talks about a change to the orange color once Anschutz pruchased the railroad. The following text suggests to me that some F units may have received the black and orange scheme.
Several pieces of equipment were refurbished and repainted, including the very visible equipment used on the Ski Train, including the F units, the former Rio Grande Zephyr passenger fleet, and the steam generator cars, receiving a still different but only slightly darker shade of orange, known by some as "Anschutz Orange."
I've never seen an example of such, but I'm not a full-on DRGW disciple either. A quick troll on Google also didn't yield results. You may need to dig deeper on one of the photo archive sites to find examples if they do indeed exist.
By the way, the Rio Grande historical society has a paint scheme/loco matrix which suggests that no F units received the black with orange logo scheme.
All that being said, some F7's did wear a black with orange stripe (looked more yellow) scheme at some point, before being repainted into Aspen Gold and silver. F9's apparently were delivered new in gold and silver.
However, the very good Utah Rails website has a section on DRGW paint schemes and talks about a change to the orange color once Anschutz pruchased the railroad. The following text suggests to me that some F units may have received the black and orange scheme.
Several pieces of equipment were refurbished and repainted, including the very visible equipment used on the Ski Train, including the F units, the former Rio Grande Zephyr passenger fleet, and the steam generator cars, receiving a still different but only slightly darker shade of orange, known by some as "Anschutz Orange."
I've never seen an example of such, but I'm not a full-on DRGW disciple either. A quick troll on Google also didn't yield results. You may need to dig deeper on one of the photo archive sites to find examples if they do indeed exist.
By the way, the Rio Grande historical society has a paint scheme/loco matrix which suggests that no F units received the black with orange logo scheme.
All that being said, some F7's did wear a black with orange stripe (looked more yellow) scheme at some point, before being repainted into Aspen Gold and silver. F9's apparently were delivered new in gold and silver.