Wasn't the roofs black as well?
Rick Keil
Omaha, NE
From: "muffie" Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com To: Subject: Re:
[BRHSlist] Re: CB&Q NE-1 Waycar (Caboose) #14497 Now in Mundelein, IL Date:
Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:20:26 -0500
All standard mineral red waycar paint jobs would include the BR herald.
Prior to the early '40s, the herald would usually have the full black
background. This was phased out during WW II. You mention "black trim". If,
by this, you mean handrails and other ironwork, or perhaps window frames,
it is someone's idea of "cute", but has nothing to do with the Q's real
world.
The mineral red paint scheme officially included black underbody and
trucks, but this appears not to have been universally applied. It's
difficult to tell. They may originally have been mineral red *or* black,
but with a few months of unwashed road dust, no color difference might be
obvious .
Contact me off-line . . . I am in a research project which will yield even
more details for you soon.
As a BR fan, let me congratulate and thank you for choosing to preserve
some Burlington history in as authentic a manner as possible!
Marshall Thayer
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