--- In STMFC@..., WILLIAM PARDIE <PARDIEW001@...> wrote:

Does anyone know what year Union Pacific shifted from boxcar red to
armour yellow in their caboose
paint scheme?

Thamks on advance for any help:

Bill Pardie

From page 248 0f Strack and Ehernberger's most excellent book "Cabooses of the Union Pacific Railroad":

"In June 1947, instructions were issued to change UP's cabooses from freight car red....to yellow...."

Ed

Edward Sutorik