Tim,

The painting diagram shows they were No. 10 Red.

gary roe

quincy, illinois

On Sunday, December 22, 2019, 2:15:16 PM CST, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:

Were these cars painted black, or oxide red, when they were new?

Tim O'Connor


On 12/22/2019 12:25 PM, Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io wrote:

Photo: Wabash Gondola 13000

From the Decatur, IL, Herald & Review archives:

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/herald-review.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/fd/8fd30101-1d09-50bb-bfcc-22400f6f6da3/578e9b1837e00.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C957

Caption: H&R file photo 5-16-1944 Local Wabash car shops have just completed the first of 250 new composite gondola cars and will be busy until after July 1 turning out this order at the rate of about four cars a day. The shops have built about all other types of cars but this is the first composite gondola for them.

Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts