Re: [CBQ] Roundhouse Interior

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

Do you (or anyone) have 1950 era color photos of Burlington yard structures like the freight house, water treatment plant, stock yards, storehouse near sand tower, yard office, or any other shelters or other yard structures? When was the roundhouse truncated? When was the timber hopper over the sand house removed? Exactly where was the ash pit relative to the sand coal pocket and sand bin?

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Louis Zadnichek via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 9:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Roundhouse Interior

 

September 1, 2022

 

Bob - Timber roundhouses were painted mineral red on the exterior.  Brick roundhouses were unpainted natural brick.  Brick from difference sources would have different colors. Timber doors and occasionally window frames were painted some shade of blue/green.  As for the interiors, with the exception of the foreman's office and interior crew quarters, I'll speculate that the frugal Q left them unpainted as they'd soon be all heavily sooted-up anyway.

 

I just remember roundhouse interiors as being "black" may be with the exception of the Lincoln roundhouse that was of partial concrete construction. What I remember of the foreman's offices and interior crew quarters, they were all painted a light industrial green but soon sooted-up, too.  I've attached color images of the Aurora and Galesburg roundhouse exteriors. For your roundhouse modeling purposes, you might just use lamp black on the interior to represent the soot - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL    

 

In a message dated 9/1/2022 9:22:16 AM Central Standard Time, jimbro67@gmail.com writes:

 

Most of the early buildings were painted mineral red including all structures.

 

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 8:36 AM Dave Lotz <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Here’s a pic in Q days.

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Dave Lotz
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 9:34 AM
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Quite possibly. Can’t say for sure, but my best guess is that they were the same on both sides (Bronze Green) prior to the BN.

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Landon Rowell
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 9:28 AM
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Photo was 1976. Was the green exterior painted by BN?

 

Landon

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From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of Dave Lotz <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 8:01 AM
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Bob,

 

Here’s a Jim sands photo of the Burlington, Iowa, roundhouse showing the colors of the doors inside and out.

 

Dave

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Robert Herrick
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 8:31 AM
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Subject: [CBQ] Roundhouse Interior

 

I'm beginning construction of the Forreston roundhouse and the doors will be open. Anyone know what the Burlington used for a base interior color before it was obscured by decades of grime? Note that the Forreston roundhouse was wood rather than brick. 

Bob Herrick

 

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