Re: [CBQ] 40" gon in MoW paint

[Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>]

It is more likely Mineral red the standard freight car color which was used on 
M/W untill the late '40's when they started using orange for M/W. Chinese red 
came in in 58/59 and was not used on M/\W.

Ken Martin



On Mar 25, 2012, at 10:10 AM, dr strangelove wrote:

> I want to triple check this. There will be a drop bottom gondola coming out 
> in Z scale soon. I forwarded the picture to the guy making them as an example 
> for paint jobs. He seems to think it is faded Chinese red. I told him it was 
> MOW Orange. Have you got any pics of other MOW cars that I could use to 
> compare colors with?  
> 




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