Christopher
Sorry I didn't see the original post.
There are colour photos of LO-11 #183925 on page 60 of Bulletin #20 and on
page 88 of Mike Spoor's Equipment Color Guide (actually the same photo taken
by George Speir in October 1968, soon after it was built). The captions
refer to the colour as being "nearly white paint " and "a much lighter gray
than other covered hoppers". To my eye, it appears to be almost a creamy
shade of grey.
Rupert
Auckland
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From: "East Pass" <EastPass@19main.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Color of class LO-11 cov. hoppers
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> Christopher,
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> I do not know what "LO-11" means. If the CB&Q had a car
> classification system it was not stenciled on the cars
> and was kept a secret from the Operating and Transportation
> Departments.
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> As to the cars series that you mention; at that time AC&F
> built all it's 2-bay cars at Huntington WV. The 184xxx cars
> delivered in 1966 looked like a normal covered hopper gray.
> During '67 and '68 they built cars for the CB&Q, NP, and GN.
> All were painted a much lighter color. If memory serves me
> correct I'd say they cut the gray 50% with pure white. The
> color was similar to the color used on the graybacks. Why
> this was I do not know. It might be they got a bargain on that
> shade of paint.
>
> Have black and white builder's photos of the last two CB&Q
> orders and can probably get the NP and GN cars. Even in black
> and white the difference is obvious.
>
> Russ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cbqgalesburgdiv
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, 22 November, 2004 19:41
> Subject: [CBQ] Color of class LO-11 cov. hoppers
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> What was the exact color of the LO-11 hoppers (nos. 183900-183987)?
> It appears to me to be imitation aluminum, but all I can see is that
> it was a much lighter color than previous Q covered hoppers.
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> Since these were the last cov. hoppers bought by the Q and I am
> planning to model the CB&Q as if it had never merged into BN and was
> operating independently beyond 1970, I plan to paint all of my
> covered hoppers in this color.
>
> Thanks,
> Christopher
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