John
The XML-1's were built in 1955 so they were mineral red. There is a photo
dated April 1970 of #23007 in Mike Spoor's Color Guide on page 50.
Rupert
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From: <BNJohn@aol.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 5:16 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Freight Car Question
> Can any one on the list tell me what color the XML-1 box cars #23000-23099
> were painted? I was told that they were originally painted Mineral Red but
later
> were painted Chinese Red, is this true? And if they were painted Chinese
Red
> was the whole car, roof and all painted that color? Any help would be
greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> John Lee
> St.Louis, MO
>
>
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