Marshall
It was a very dark maroon. I don't know if was like
the RI or GM&O, because I was never in their cabooses.
You are right about the grab irons, etc.. Sometimes
they got overpainted with light brown. I remember one
Centralia crew being told to remove their clothes, so
the waycar could be painted on the inside. They left
their coats, rain coats and so on, hanging on the
hooks on the walls. The car knockers spray painted
right over them. It was a real mess!
John
--- zephyr9903 <zephyr9903@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:07:43 -0700 (PDT), John D.
> Mitchell, Jr. wrote
> > I have been on a lot of waycars, although not all
> of
> > them, of course. I don't remember any mustard
> yellow
> > ceilings. They were all the same light brown as
> the
> > walls, but then again, it has been over 30 years.
> > John
>
>
> Once again, a memory excercise in lieu of my
> vanished reference files -
> however, I recall references to waycar interior
> walls, bulkheads and ceilings
> variously described as "tan", "light brown" and (one
> reference only) "buff).
> Metal hardware (cupola grabs/ladder rungs, hinges,
> latches, etc.) was
> originally black, but may have been overpainted with
> the wall color in some
> instances - The floor was universally described as
> "maroon". Whether this
> was a brownish "maroon" like the Rock Island, or a
> purplish "maroon" as in
> GM&O, I haven't a clue!
>
> Marshall Thayer
> Mt. Pleasant, IA
>
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