It could be old silver, but it could also be oxidized F unit paint. I note the mineral red under the silver or gray paint. Your photo looks like late 1960 or early
1970, but the BB#23 photo was much earlier, so the light paint was used on some water tanks firmly in the steam era.
Nelson Moyer
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Color of Wooden Water Tanks
Here’s another phot of mine that is closer to the tank and it is silver, along with the diesel fuel tanks also silver.
Keith,
I attached some photos I took (Batavia and Yarmouth) and some of unknown origin (Clarinda and Bevier).
The Clarinda steel tank was white, so I think the Burlington depot tanks was also white, not silver as someone suggested earlier. The Yarmouth tank was moved to
the Old Thrasher’s Reunion grounds, and I’m pretty sure the steel platform was newly constructed when it was moved. There is another tank photo in one of the Spoor color books of a wood tank in MO, but I don’t recall the name of the town.
Nelson Moyer
Thank you for the photo and the list of dimensions. That is very helpful. Is there any evidence of the CB&Q having a two-spout (two track) water tank or a wooden tank painted
a light yellow? Stay safe.
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