Boxcar memoirs

[jrmueller]

Nice weathering Candy.  I have started doing some of mine using those powder things( can't remember name and too lazy to go to the train room).  Did it when we were done in FL last Feb.  Sat out on the patio and watched the pelicans and weathered cars and locos.  Jim

[oldbloodhound]

Nice start on the weathering Candy.   One thing to add is the splash-up onto the lower boards, 1/4 - 1/3 of the car bottom.   Just like the house foundation, the lower part of freight cars also gets a lot more grungier (is that a word?).   And if you're in a dusty location, it might show more lighter colors at the bottom.

[Candy]

Nice start on the weathering Candy.   One thing to add is the splash-up onto the lower boards, 1/4 - 1/3 of the car bottom.   Just like the house foundation, the lower part of freight cars also gets a lot more grungier (is that a word?).   And if you're in a dusty location, it might show more lighter colors at the bottom.

   A bit of rust will be next. And a dirty bottom. 

[BandOGuy]

Nice start on the weathering Candy.   One thing to add is the splash-up onto the lower boards, 1/4 - 1/3 of the car bottom.   Just like the house foundation, the lower part of freight cars also gets a lot more grungier (is that a word?).   And if you're in a dusty location, it might show more lighter colors at the bottom.

   A bit of rust will be next. And a dirty bottom. 

'Gnat?

[Candy]

Have a look at these boxcars.  They are beautifully weathered. I see that black is an important weathering color. But as weathered as these cars are there is no rust that I can see. I think this is important to a realistic look. I'm using these cars as a guide in weathering my boxcars

[gnatshop]

   A bit of rust will be next. And a dirty bottom. 

'Gnat?

I'll admit to the dirty bottom, but I'll leave leave the rest of the weathering to our lady guru!
She knows how to do the research!

[Zephyrus52246]

Great photo of some CB&Q boxcars, Candy.  Also note that the original color of the four closest ones, was bright red like this locomotive.  How they have weathered!


Jeff

[bparrish]

Jeff....

I think Burlington originally called that Chinese Red.

They printed pocket calendars and a few company passenger passes had them printed as backgrounds.

see ya
Bob

[Candy]

I thought the Burlington was green

[Zephyrus52246]

Burlington Northern (1970 merger of CB&Q,NP,GN, and SP&S) was green and black with white lettering, Candy.   Bob is correct (as usual), Chinese red and grey were the colors for the locomotives, with white lettering after 1958 (?).  Before that the F units were white with red trim, and the Geeps/switchers black.


Jeff

[Candy]

What do you think of this?

[Candy]

Burlington Northern (1970 merger of CB&Q,NP,GN, and SP&S) was green and black with white lettering, Candy.   Bob is correct (as usual), Chinese red and grey were the colors for the locomotives, with white lettering after 1958 (?).  Before that the F units were white with red trim, and the Geeps/switchers black.


Jeff

Yes that middle one was the color I was thinking of

[bparrish]

Candy....

It took me a while of scrounging around for this one...........  I had packed away much of the Burlington stuff my dad saved for me while was on my all expense paid trip to Viet Nam.

The green that you are referring to was a freight hauling color that was in the 70's after the merge. The BN logo and name was chosen in mid 1969 but not put into locomotive use for a year or two after the merge.

The Chinese red was chosen in the later 50's and was in service until the merger.  The red locos were used mostly for freight but as the stainless F and E units aged they used them occasionally for passenger service. Recall that passenger service ended for all lines in 1971 or 2 with the turnover to Amtrak.

Below are pictures of two red locos shown on pocket calendars of the early 60's  I have duplicates of some of these so if someone wanted one I can send it to you.  I saved these from years 1959 to about 1965.  They are all different but show what the Burlington was  up to at the time.


see ya
Bob