Re: C&S RPO 11: Security Bars
Posted by Jim Courtney on Nov 25, 2018; 7:26pm
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Keith,
I would have guessed black, but according to the RPO 13 Quick Pic book, the safety bars were painted the same light ochre / buff / yellow, as was the rest of the interior (at least that's how it has been restored):
Mulina, Tim, Quick Pic Book: Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge Baggage-Mail 13, BHI Publications, February, 2003.
BTW, the pair of slats on the floor lined in galvanized metal are the "fish racks" referred to in the folio drawings. In the summers, vacationers / tourists used the regular Denver-Leadville train to reach the various fishing resorts in Platte Canon. On their eastbound return to Denver, the RPO's could accommodate their catch.
If I were the mail clerk I might have a problem spending hours and hours surrounded by all that yellow . . .
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Keith,
I would have guessed black, but according to the RPO 13 Quick Pic book, the safety bars were painted the same light ochre / buff / yellow, as was the rest of the interior (at least that's how it has been restored):
Mulina, Tim, Quick Pic Book: Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge Baggage-Mail 13, BHI Publications, February, 2003.
BTW, the pair of slats on the floor lined in galvanized metal are the "fish racks" referred to in the folio drawings. In the summers, vacationers / tourists used the regular Denver-Leadville train to reach the various fishing resorts in Platte Canon. On their eastbound return to Denver, the RPO's could accommodate their catch.
If I were the mail clerk I might have a problem spending hours and hours surrounded by all that yellow . . .
Jim Courtney
Poulsbo, WA
Poulsbo, WA
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