Re: [CBQ] Color Of CB&Q MOW Vehicles & Equipment

["Jim Goodin jbgoodin225@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Hi  Paul,

  Yes, I have talked with Classic Metal about the Ford trucks when they were asking for info through some 1/87 vehicle sites I frequent.  Most of the color company service truck photos I've seen are painted a very dark green with some white details.  The Ford Holly Green appears to be the closest match to the photos.  I've never seen a mineral red truck photo, but am open to any new evidence.  I've seen lists of company vehicles in the 50's, however they only indicate assignment and do not give the applied color.  I've always been curious of the dark green vs orange assignments even in the BN days.

  I also have an actual decal and some mechanical department drawings(dated in the 50's) of the lettering.  Photos and dimensions were provided to CMW.  I also pointed out that while the Q had many Fords in the fleet, I could not verify a 1960 version(the CMW model).  Many of the photos I've seen are of trucks either mid 50's or mid 60's.

  The very few photos I've seen of late 60's trucks were an orange crew cab International pickup or a couple dark green International Loadstar medium duty stake trucks.  There are no models for the pickup, but if your ever looking to build a Loadstar I've seen the correct cabs on eBay.

Jim Goodin

Blue Grass, IA

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On Oct 14, 2015, at 1:36 PM, Paul Kossart paulkossart@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Of course this varies by year - I know early (pre-1959?) colors used
were Mineral Red. Then my understanding of pics and what I've read
indicates the orange color was adopted up until the merger that
created BN when the color was changed to brown(?).

However, Classic Metal Works recently released a Burlington MOW 1960
Ford pickup in HO painted green! When I contacted them on the color
suggesting they check with the BRHS on its authenticity, I received
the following response from them:

"Paul - We did in fact receive prototype information from the CB&Q
Historical Society. Jim Goodin provided us with photos and official
diagrams. According to him the CB&Q used primarily dark green
vehicles... however there were some orange vehicles in fleet."

This shocked me as I have been following and modeling the "Q" via
several sources over the past 25 years and don't recall ever seeing
this color mentioned or in a photo. I am modeling the "Q" in the late
1960's and would like to use the correct color scheme on my MOW
equipment. Can anyone in the group here comment on this or the above
message. Thanks!

Paul Kossart aka "Paul The CB&Q Guy"
Modeling the CB&Q In HO

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Posted by: Jim Goodin <jbgoodin225@gmail.com>

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