Re: [CBQ] Reefer colour

["Richard Townsend via Groups.Io" <richtownsend=netscape.net@groups.io>]

I agree; I think the car is yellow. The gold box cars had extra lettering about the Q being the RPI award winner. The reefer has no such lettering and I think it would if it had been painted gold for that reason.

Richard Townsend

Lincoln City, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Lotz <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>
To: CBQ <CBQ@groups.io>
Sent: Fri, Dec 7, 2018 8:07 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Reefer colour

Rupert,

 

I'd say the method used for color correction gave the image the gold-coloured hue.  It's hard to tell from the original, but I'll lay odds that the car is yellow.

 

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io]On Behalf Of Rupert Gamlen
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 2:04 AM
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: [CBQ] Reefer colour

There is a photo on eBay of BREX reefer 74824, built at Plattsmouth in 1937, one of the first all steel reefers. When built, they had the standard reefer yellow sides. However, this photo shows the car with a distinctly gold appearance. It may just be the effect of colour deterioration. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-Freight-CB-Q-Burlington-Refrigerator-Express-Reefer-BREX-1958/352529967281?hash=item52146c68b1:g:1RMAAOSwkHFb~wRP:rk:3:pf:0

The gold paint was similar to that used for the “RPI Award Winner 1966” cars but that repainting seems to have been restricted to box cars, and it doesn’t have the RPI stencils. Is it just deterioration?

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

 

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