RE: [CBQ] CB&Q Maintenance Equipment Colors

[Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>]

Omaha orange was adopted and the color for most company service equipment in 
1948-49; prior to that time the same mineral red used on freight equipment was 
also used for company service equipment, with the same white lettering.
 
Hol
 
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: krmiddle@charter.net
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:40:16 -0500
Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Maintenance Equipment Colors














 

 



  


    
      
      
      


I've recently been reading a copy of John Strauss's 
Burlington Route Passenger Trains - Volume One, and noticed an 
interesting photo on page 135 of the book. The photo shows Train No. 4 with 
Hudson 3004 as the primary subject, but in the background are a number of 
CB&Q maintenance cars in a dark paint with white (or at least light) 
lettering. 
 
By the time I could drive and really start looking at 
Burlington equipment (the 1960s), Burlngton maintenance equipment (at least the 
house cars and ex-passenger cars) was orange with black lettering. Does anyone 
know when they switched to orange, and what the colors were before 
that?
 
Thanks for any help you can provide.
 
Ken Middleton
Portage, MI
krmiddle@charter.net