On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:08:51 -0700 (PDT), tim fleck wrote
> Marshall,
>
> The mustard yellow is probably well aged tan or light
> brown paint. Sounds reasonable to me. Tim
Oooops! I shoulda thought of that! The wooden-waycar-era was when almost
all railroaders were smokers. The tar from cigarette smoke in an enclosed
space will yellow *any* color. I'm a smoker, and the American Flag sticker
on my living room window wound up Orange, Yellow and Green <grin?
>
> 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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