The "Color Guide to CB&Q Freight & Passenger Equipment" (Mike Spoor,
Morning Sun Books) has a photo of a wood waycar in a pre-merger green
paint scheme with white lettering. I believe that the herald was
white lettring on a black background.
--- In BRHSlist@y..., Ralph Brown <cbq682@g...> wrote:
> To the BRHS list:
>
> I was looking through the items posted on eBay today and discovered
a HO
> scale brass C.B.&Q. waycar. The waycar was painted a bright green
> color. Did the Burlington really paint some of their waycars
green? If
> so, approximately how many were green, and why were they green?
Below
> is the link to the eBay sale that I am referring.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1646819153
>
> Ralph W. Brown, Jr.
> BRHS Member
> Galesburg, IL
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