Tom,
Interesting that Athearn found photos of 3 cars
painted green. Seems somewhat strange that the Q had
repainted that many out of 50 seeing as they would
have only been 4 to 5 years old. Maybe the original
paint from P.S. did not hold up well. Also did you
notice that they used the older Chinese Red scheme
font for the lettering and left the herald plate on?
Bob Runty
--- thommack <thommack@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here is the reply I received today from Athearn on
> the new green XM-5
> auto parts boxcars:
>
>
> Tom,
>
> Thank-you for your inquiry. Please note that the
> photos we had were of
> three cars: 9805, 9824 and 9837. We selected
> numbers 9805 and 9824.
> The date on 9824 is 5-68 and on 9805 it is 11-68.
> The color on these
> cars was a bit confusing, but our CB&Q experts
> determined that they
> were painted in the Q's version of BN Cascade Green
> (as opposed to the
> dark forest green used for many years on the Q's
> insulated box cars).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Athearn Trains
>
>
> Tom Mack
> Cincinnati, OH
>
>
>
>
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