Randy
Thanks for investigating this photo, especially as it tends to support the
possibility that, for some unknown reason, this car was painted in a colour
other than standard mineral red.
The "black" car's herald appears to show the presence of three colours - the
white "Burlington Route" lettering, a darker band around the herald, and the
"black" background of the herald, which appears to match the car body's
colour. Looking at builder's photos of auto cars in RPC volume 12
(convenient because it contains builder's photos from 1906 onwards) I note
that the herald backgrounds were black and strongly contrasted with the car
bodies. This black/red contrast is also present ion the two box cars nearer
the camera in the Bushnell photo.
Whilst I am biased, I would like to think that we might have found an
unusual car, even if we don't know its number.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 02 February 2016 12:43
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Black Boxcar Theory
Greetings,
After reading this thread and taking some time to evaluate the photo
in Photoshop, I think I might have to agree with Rupert based on
taking measurements of the individual RGB color channels, .......
Finally, you have to apply the first axiom of railroading. The
railroad can do whatever it wants, whenever it wants, however it wants
and does so on a daily basis without logic or reason and sometimes in
utter dismay.
Randy Danniel
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