Re: [CBQ] Black box car

["Ed Bell neanderman@fuse.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Photographic film, especially back then, was not very red sensitive.  In fact, without special sensitization, film in its 'native' form is almost totally insensitive to red light.  So it rendered red as darker than our eyes would perceive it to be (less exposure on the negative.)  As time went on, the dye sensitizers improved and B/W film more 'correctly' rendered the relative brightness of red.

Ed
B.A., Cinema and Photography, 1981.

On 9/14/2015 7:28 PM, 'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ] wrote:

 

Louis

Thanks for the photo but I agree that this car isn’t black. I adjusted the brightness by 10% and it looks just like a standard paint job.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 15 September 2015 08:58
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Black box car

 

 

September 14, 2015

 

Charlie - I agree, mineral red. Thanks - Louis

 

In a message dated 9/14/2015 3:47:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

Louis-

By the time this car was built the color was mineral red.   Definitely not black.   Note the difference in the value of the black background on the herald and the carbody.

The G Gauge and O Scale Black cars are foobies.

Charlie Vlk

September 14, 2015

 

Rupert - Perhaps, the idea that the Q had some box cars painted black in the early 1900s came from photographs taken at the time that showed some cars painted a very "dark"color. I've attached an image of such a box car 101417 built in 1907 by the Standard Steel Car Company of Butler, PA. I don't think this particular car is painted back, but could be a dark mineral red. Just an idea.... Granted, it's all but impossible to judge true paint colors from a black and white photograph. Best Regards - Louis 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

 

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