Have a question about the paint scheme on Northern Pacific boxcars in the 1950's. I know the bodies, steps, ladders, etc. are boxcar red but what color are the trucks and airbrake components, red or black?
Thanks,
Richard
NP box cars built during the mid-to-late 1940s came from the builders with black trucks, underframes, and ends and mineral red sides, doors and roofs. However, the NP (like many other RRs) painted everything mineral red when the cars were repainted in the 1950s.
