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To: CBQ@groups.io Precedence: Bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: Sender: CBQ@groups.io List-Id: Mailing-List: list CBQ@groups.io; contact CBQ+owner@groups.io Delivered-To: mailing list CBQ@groups.io Reply-To: CBQ@groups.io Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000005fc17105d590f900" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=groups.io; q=dns/txt; s=20140610; t=1642193523; bh=psG0VkGgzzCYMxT/oKMKBVGh/tJzJYw/hBqD1jmdf4o=; h=Content-Type:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To; b=h7UI8h2C3i4nIiEhFhtLbUBZHFxt4u8P+6LAzQNeouFrRqNjhqviSVEuzeLpe/J+hE9 COzQJ+1RhUmU8tqt+hF1t3eeG3HraLb3gj/N7UzzU2e39BwbkkRf1VHSsSxRARb2Q0Ecq diHB6tJm1hm+BzY1zOA8TFf+9Jv+wqMxfA8= --0000000000005fc17105d590f900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Doing some more comparison, I am starting to think the model was just painted incorrectly. I don't know enough yet about models from this period. (What came painted...what didn't?) It doesn't look like it was actually ever painted on the top and sides. I think the yellow door might be an artistic choice. It looks interesting, but probably not an accurate representation. On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 6:18 PM Tad Blacketer via groups.io wrote: > I found a photo of an old Athearn HO steel CB&Q boxcar with a yellow > door. (See attached pic). It looks like it was made in the 50's but > can't make a clear reference. (Tried sifting through the old Athearn > catalogs posted on HO seeker.) I was curious if this was an original pai= nt > scheme or something someone just thought looked cool. I found a discussi= on > board talking about how CN had box cars with different color doors > representing their usage (i.e., green =3D lumber). I finally found these > photos of CB&Q boxcars with yellow doors and wondered if there was a > similar logic. > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 3:04 PM Jim Younger via groups.io yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: > >> All the pics show DF boxcars (damage free). Yellow door an identifier? >> >> Jim Younger >> >> >> On Jan 13, 2022, at 3:51 PM, Rupert Gamlen wrote: >> >> =EF=BB=BF >> >> Tad >> >> Are these yellow or gold? Left over from the 1966 RPI Golden Freight Car >> Award? Is it coincidence that all three examples were XML-1=E2=80=99s? >> >> Rupert Gamlen >> Auckland NZ >> >> >> >> *From:* CBQ@groups.io *On Behalf Of *Tad Blacketer >> *Sent:* Friday, 14 January 2022 8:36 am >> *To:* CBQ@groups.io >> *Subject:* [CBQ] Yellow Doors? >> >> >> >> Quick question, I see pictures of red boxcars with yellow doors. Did >> this symbolize something or was it just scavenged from the junkyard? If >> the yellow meant something, were there other color-coded doors? I have >> attached some photos I found online as a reference. >> >> >> >> --- TCB >> >>=20 > > -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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Doing some more comparison, I am starting to think the mod= el was just painted incorrectly.=C2=A0 I don't know enough yet about mo= dels from this period. (What came painted...what didn't?)=C2=A0 It does= n't look like it was actually ever painted on the top and sides.=C2=A0 = I think the yellow door might be an artistic choice.=C2=A0 It looks interes= ting, but probably not an accurate representation.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 6= :18 PM Tad Blacketer via groups.io <tad= .blacketer=3Dgmail.com@groups.io= > wrote:
I found a photo of an old Athearn HO steel CB&Q boxcar wit= h a yellow door.=C2=A0 (See attached pic).=C2=A0 It looks like it was made = in the 50's but can't=C2=A0make a clear reference. (Tried sifting t= hrough the old Athearn catalogs posted on HO seeker.)=C2=A0 I was curious i= f this was an original paint scheme or something someone just thought looke= d cool.=C2=A0 I found a discussion board talking=C2=A0about how CN had box = cars with different color doors representing their usage (i.e., green =3D l= umber).=C2=A0 I finally found these photos of CB&Q boxcars with yellow = doors and wondered if there was a similar logic.=C2=A0 =C2=A0

On Thu, Jan 13= , 2022 at 3:04 PM Jim Younger via groups.io <frisco2011=3Dyahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
All the pics show D= F boxcars (damage free).=C2=A0 Yellow door an identifier?

Jim Younger


On Jan 13, 2022, at 3:51 PM, Rupert Gamlen <gamlenz@hotmail.com> wr= ote:

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Tad

Are these yellow or gold? Left over from the 1966 RPI Golden Freight Car Aw= ard? Is it coincidence that all three examples were XML-1=E2=80=99s?

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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Quick question, I see pictures of red boxcars=C2=A0w= ith=C2=A0yellow doors.=C2=A0 Did this symbolize something or was it just sc= avenged from the junkyard?=C2=A0 If the yellow meant something, were there = other color-coded doors?=C2=A0 I have attached some photos I found online as a reference.=C2=A0=C2=A0

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