Forgot to note ex-steam loco tenders placed into MoW service were, like tank
cars in MoW use, either orange or black depending whether filled with potable
water or fuel.
Gerald
> To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
> From: vje68@hotmail.com
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:58:58 -0500
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] MOW Paint Scheme
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> This has been covered several times before on this list so ck archives but
> here's a recap.
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> Up to 1940's (early 50's on Lines West) MoW was box car red. Orange then
> became the color for virtually all MoW rolling stock with a few exceptions:
> tank cars were orange, silver or black depending on whether carrying potable
> water, fuel oil, etc (color difference to insure no mix-up) Also some hwt
> passenger cars and flats in Mechanical service (hauling traction motors, etc)
> were silver (fading to light silvery grey). The hwt's that were painted
> orange could have black, silver or orange roofs - pick a proto. I've done a
> clinic or two with lots of slides @ past BRHS meets.
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> Toward the very end of CB&Q, some ex-frt cars remained in their old paint
> when converted to MoW. Ex-reefers, boxcars, gons, flats, hoppers etc were
> nearly always orange the last 20-30 yrs with some remaining such well into
> BN. The orange varied from reefer orange to near yellow due to fading. Again
> look at proto pics. Rarely would a string of MoW cars be the same shade of
> orange unless all just painted as a group. Hwt cars (& a few S.S. pass cars
> that went into MoW in very late 60's) were in the 250000 series; the ex-frt
> cars were in the 200-229000 series with a few exceptions (tanks cars, ballast
> hoppers, etc) Again, look for proto pics/slides of area you are modeling.
> Ex-pass used for dining, sleepers, office, shower, etc. Ex-box used for tool,
> bunk, shower, special use and flats/gons etc as you would expect. Again look
> at pics in various books, BB's and at BRHS meets.
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> A MoW setout on the proto could vary from a single car to a long string
> depending on whether a 'gang' or local work, Great to model as there is a
> proto for just about everything (inc. a few ex-stock cars to carry ties right
> near BN time)
>
> Gerald
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> From: supplementless@yahoo.com
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:24:08 +0000
> Subject: [CBQ] MOW Paint Scheme
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> From what I have seen MOW heavyweight passenger equipment converted to MOW
> service were painted orange. I have seen some with silver roofs. What was the
> standard paint scheme for this kind of equipment? Are the silver roofs the
> result of former heavyweights that had been painted silver or were all
> previous black roofs painted silver? Would they leave the roofs black and
> just paint the sides orange?
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> Brian
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