Folks - I'm trying to determine the proper paint color for the WWII years for cars in Company Service. I've seen plenty of MoW cars painted silver in the post-war years. For my era, I know that derricks/wreckers seemed to have been painted a standard "engine black" for lack of a better description. However, I'd like to locate paint data for bunk cars, tool cars and the like, or at least confirm that they were a gray/silver in the years preceeding dieselization. Alternatively, if someone can point me in the direction of any pre-existing posts, that would be swell. I've searched for threads and through the FMIG newsletter index to no avail. Best Regards,
Chris--I don't have any "data" per se, but you're right about the derricks being black. The bunk and tool cars appear to be the standard "boxcar red" color. And the older wooden passenger cars used as, office, bunk, diners etc., were a flat gray with black roofs. There are a couple of pictures in the Greene Co. library website collection that show the gray with black roof scheme. One of those cars is m/w 105280. Tom
Thanks very much or the information, Tom. I think I need to do more homework on what the markings would be on the bunk and tool cars. Obviouly they were numbered for company service; I just need to figure out if they carried any other indicators. Best Regards,
From one of the FMIG Newsletters (I don't know which, since, I have just a copy of the page). Gale Hall submitted a 1946 era table, which contained the color standards from the mechanical department. Work Equipment: Boxcar red, black trucks, with white lettering
Oh my word. Having just completed the index, I am rather red-in-the-face at the moment. This confirms what I suspected, i.e. I need to take more time to drill down for further details in the Index. Karl, thanks very much for the direction; I'm going to have to either add more detail to the newsletter index, or figure out why I am keyword-search challenged when using Acrobat. Best Regards,
