Mark,
One of the things I discovered about the Q was that nothing was without
exception.
Most of the mineral red outside braced wood cars stayed that way. Lettering
variations but still wood sheeted.
The steel cars can't be generalized. Some were some weren't. It was a matter of
ecconomics.
I was watching an old B&W episode of "The Fugitive" that showed Richard Kimble
jumping a freight on the west coast.
A RS11 shoved a cut of cars past him that contained a 50' Double door w/ auto
end doors painted in Chinese Red. This is the same car Life Like Proto 2000
made. Except you have to change the ladders to 8-rung.
I guess my best advise is model what you have photos of. Look at the Bulliten
on XM32s and Mike Spoors CB&Q Color guide to Freight and Passenger cars. Pay
attention to the dates.
sweat the details,
Rob Manley
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From: Mark Heiden
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:04 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Longevity of Everywhere West paint scheme on XM-32 boxcars
Hello everyone,
I was going through my collection of XM-32 boxcar photos and noticed very
cars still in the boxcar red, Everywhere West paint scheme by the 1970s. Were
most of the early XM-32s (the XM-32 and subclasses b through d) repainted or
rebuilt by the time of the Burlington Northern merger?
Thanks,
Mark Heiden
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