Re: How about D&RG cars on the C&S??

Posted by Pat Student on May 28, 2017; 10:09pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Cars-on-the-D-RGW-at-Marshall-Pass-tp7805p8360.html

If you're going to model a 5900 in addition to an un-rebuild 5500, the color to paint the is "freight car mineral paint".  One of the requisitions for materials for the 100 cars calls for 450 gallons "Freight Car Mineral Paint".  Dan Pyzel with the Friends reports that 5995, they restored, has "red" paint all over the car as they scraped it down to bare wood.

Red stock cars lasted until 1937 as evidenced by 2 wires to train masters in Durango, Gunnison and Montrose instructing them to not load any red stock cars in their territory, but to send them to Alamosa to be painted black.

So, but not of interest, 5500's when rebuilt were painted red.  Too late for interchange at Leadville.