Ken
I don’t have anything specific about the change to Chinese red for way
cars, but plenty has been said in the past about the use of that paint during
1958 and none of it related to waycars. It could be, of course, that no-one has
asked the question before!
The earliest Chinese red photo I’ve found is of 14151 looking very newly
painted in 1959.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Sent: 18 March 2015 06:47
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Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Waycar
Questions
I have been studying Randall Danniel's books on CB&Q
waycars (especially the 28-foot and 30-foot wooden cars) in hopes of building
some models, but have come up with a few questions that I cannot answer totally
from the books:
Did the waycar paint scheme shift from mineral red to
Chinese red about 1958, in about the same time frame as freight cars? Is that
the same time the lettering style changed from Railroad Roman to the more
Gothic style?
It looks to me like the more common herald was the
rectangle without the black background, but some heralds seem to have a black
background. Was this something that was changed at a particular time, or was
this at the whim of the paint shops?