[CBQ] Burlington Structure Paint Color Question

["Nelson Moyer" <npmoyer@hotmail.com>]

I just watched a video of Jerry Lundeen’s CB&Q layout, and I noticed that the signal bridges, water tanks, and water columns were painted CB&Q mineral red. I know mineral red was the standard MOW and structure color in 1953. However the only color photos I have of Burlington, IA signal towers  show silver paint, same as fuel cranes. Water columns were black, as were dwarf signals in the yard. The water tank near the depot was white and the water tower near the roundhouse was mineral red, as was the turntable bridge and the sand tower. Were signal bridges and water columns ever painted mineral red, and if so, when did they switch to silver for signal bridges and black for water columns? The diesel fuel tanks near the white water tower appear light colored in black and white photos, but I don’t know if they were white or silver. The coal pocket appears dark in black and white photos, but I don’t know if it was painted mineral red or black before it got a thick coat of coal dust.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

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