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1. [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "jonathanharris@earthlink.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: 26 Jan 2016 00:02:20 -0800; When did the CB&Q, C&S and FW&D start painting the cab roofs of their steam engines with red lead? Was this the standard for all engines? Apologies if this has been asked and answered, but a quick se; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00184.html (12,469 bytes)
2. Re: [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:36:33 +0000; Jonathan: The Q was painting them red by the time the number on cab/herald on tender scheme was adopted in 1925, and the C&S and FW&D had followed suit by 1928 when they adopted the parent's scheme.; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00185.html (15,732 bytes)
3. Re: [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "wscott@optonline.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: 26 Jan 2016 06:27:57 -0800; Do we know why they started painting the roofs red? Was it just a corporate "image" decision, or were red roofs better than black ones for some reason? Thanks Bill Scott __._,_.___ Posted by: wscott@; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00187.html (13,288 bytes)
4. Re: [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "Erik Spoonmore spoony81@att.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:45:22 +0000 (UTC); Do we know why they started painting the roofs red? Was it just a corporate "image" decision, or were red roofs better than black ones for some reason? Thanks Bill Scott __._,_.___ Posted by: Erik S; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00188.html (14,886 bytes)
5. Re: [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "jonathanharris@earthlink.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: 26 Jan 2016 07:32:24 -0800; Thanks, Hol. Would they have used this paint on all engines being shopped after 1925/28? On C&S 58, for instance, when it was shopped in 1930(?) and got its dome covers swapped with CB@Q "35." Or to; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00192.html (13,337 bytes)
6. Re: [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "jonathanharris@earthlink.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: 26 Jan 2016 09:23:55 -0800; That cab roof sure does look black, doesn't it. And the boiler looks like Russia Iron. Amazing they'd have been using it that late...LOL! Seriously tho, that's a neat photo. Thanks. I suspect it does; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00197.html (12,306 bytes)
7. Re: [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "George Crawford georgecrawfordsr@comcast.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:26:03 -0500; Louis, Look at the red in the herald on the tender...it is black. You right is is very difficult to tell from b&w photos. Beautiful engine eh? Noel On 1/26/2016 11:58 AM, LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00198.html (18,297 bytes)
8. Re: [CBQ] Red cab roofs (score: 1): Author: "Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:08:19 +0000; Jonathan: Color slides of C&S narrow gauge power show that those locomotives did not receive red cab roofs, but remember that they also did not receive the newer paint scheme, as the Q wanted no asso; /archives/BRHSLIST/2016-01/msg00203.html (16,333 bytes)

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