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B&O USRA Box Car Color - 1930's? D&H Caboose Red?
PARK <parkcitybranch@...>
I am in the process of painting a USRA box car for the B&O circa 1930's. The Westerfield directions mention D&H caboose red is a near perfect match. Only problem is floquil no longer makes this color. Anyone have any ideas for a sub? Thanks.
Jason Sanford
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rwitt_2000
Jason Sanford wrote:1930's. The Westerfield directions mention D&H caboose red is a near perfect match. Only problem is floquil no longer makes this color. Anyone have any ideas for a sub? Thanks. Jason, I just re-read my Westerfield instructions and they discuss cars painted "bright red oxide" as the color match for the D&H caboose red. This is for post-WWII paint and lettering. For the 1930s the B&O used a brown freight car color with the best example being in a Jack Delano photo of the Galewood Yard showing the end view of a B&O M-15 wood sheathed car reasonably clean. Here is the link to the Shorpy site: http://www.shorpy.com/node/704?size=_original The B&O box car is partially in the shadows. It is the rightmost car in the third row from the bottom of the photo. It is the best example we have for this color. I hope this helps. Bob Witt
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