[CBQ] Orange waycar - origins

["Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>]

Gerald



This wasn't the first use of "safety orange".  In a report on the Aurora Shops 
from 1881 -



"The new work is ... 10 way cars of a lot of 40 to be built.  They are 28 ft. 
long over sills, and 9 ft. 1½ in. wide.  The outside 
painting is - bodies, orange; clear story, English vermillion; ladders and door 
steps, Tuscan red; and the hand railings and other 
ironwork, gloss black: inside, the ceiling is pea-green and the sides straw 
color."



Rupert Gamlen

Auckland NZ



---- Original Message ----- 

From: "Gerald Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 9:28 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Lines West wrecker colors - CB&Q calendar


> yes & no.  Years back both ends of the system used mineral red for MoW colors 
> but Lines East converted to the familiar 'safety 
> orange' several years before Lines West did & allegedly some MoW equipment on 
> Lines West, especially in remote areas, remained in 
> the original color well into the 50's.  I do not know though if they also 
> used the dark green for derricks aka wreckers rather 
> than the common black.
>
> Bernie Corbin's home layout had Q MoW equipment with most in orange but some 
> in the red; he was my first source of info on that 
> color change.
> 



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