Steve
Not sure about the colours but the number is certainly wrong. Furniture cars
were numbered in the 9000's or 40-42000's. I can supply you with exact
numbers if you want them. The number "7759" was a gondola/flat car until
1910 and wasn't reused until 1947!
The height of the car should identify whether it was a furniture car model,
being usually taller than box cars of a comparable age.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Doyle" <doylesteve19@yahoo.com>
To: "CB&Q" <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:17 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Old Boxcar Colors
>I have a Ye Olde Huff-n-Puff wood S-Scale 40-ft boxcar kit marked
>"Furniture"with a white stenciled Burlington Route CB&QRR hearald, and a
>numbered 7759. I have no idea of whether it's actually based on a Q
>prototype, but generally speaking, what are the roof, roofwalk, ends and
>bottoms painted on these (seemingly) early 20th Century boxcars?
> The wood sides are already painted and lettered in Mineral Red.
> Everything else is bare wood. Any help is appreciated.
> Regards,
> Steve Doyle
> Twin Cities
>
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