Re: [CBQ] C&S Box Car Red

["HOL WAGNER" <holpennywagner@msn.com>]

Mark:

The C&S passenger and freight car shops at 7th St. in Denver were closed in the early 1930s and work transferred to CB&Q shops at Aurora, Ill., and Havelock (Lincoln), Neb., respectively.  The C&S was left with no place to paint cars except on the 7th St. rip track, and occasionally a freight car would be completely repainted there using CB&Q standard mineral red.  As to matching that color for modeling purposes, I'll leave that to the modelers in the group to answer.  But back when I was still modeling, Floquil boxcar red was a dead-on match to fresh Q mineral red.

Hol

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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2022 5:46 PM
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Subject: [CBQ] C&S Box Car Red

 

Greetings,

Any suggestions for paint to replecate C&S box car red of the 1940- 1950 period?

I am about to build a stack of HO models for my 1951 Joint Line (Colorado) layout.

Was the C&S red different from the paint used by the CB&Q?

Photos seem to indicate that the C&S paint work weathers from a mid red to darker shades over time.

Mark

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