Re: Boxcar Paint Scheme - 8311

Posted by jason midyette on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Boxcar-Paint-Scheme-8311-tp15745p15752.html

In theory, the lettering presently on the car was made using the lettering diagram from the CRRM (the one posted above) as a guide. Will be interesting to see how it compares.

I have always questioned whether or not the black trucks and hardware were correct. I know that the St. Charles built boxcars (1898) were delivered with black trucks and hardware but always thought that the C&S built cars were entirely freightcar red from the get go.
Would be interested to know if anyone has any definitive information one way or the other. The plan is to repaint C&S 8311 in the block letter scheme, essentially as it looked when new. (this is how it was painted in 1997 when the new body was built, the paint that it still wears today)

Jason Midyette