CN work caboose question

What colour were/are the roofs? CN boxcar brown (like the caboose's body), or black?

And the underframe and running gear colour would be?

All infor appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Reply to
Wolf Kirchmeir
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Most work equipment was 'brown' all over (CN Red # 11) roof, body, trucks, under frame. All cabooses were this colour until 1943 when the Orange # 10/Morency Orange was used, in 61-65 they switched to the new red-orange #11. I have seen colour shots showing Orange cabooses with black (unpainted tarpaper or roll roofing?) and brown (Red # 11?) roofs. As long as we are talking about the wooden ones.

I am not sure what you mean by a 'work caboose' though. All CN work trains I saw just had a regular caboose.

Steel cabooses converted to work service (as offices etc.) that I saw mostly stayed in regular caboose colours, even one with the yellow 'International Service' cupola. I have heard of a couple being painted silver like BNs, and I think one the same orange as ballast cars but have not seen one.

The steel 'yard/transfer' cabooses all were regular red/black with yellow scotchlite.

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Mountain Goat

Mountain Goat wrote: [...]

Same here.

I have a steel caboose (AHM, mfd by Roco, very nice body casting). It's in "boxcar brown" (not CN's red #11) w/ black roofwalks and CN markings

- none of my data shows this colour scheme. Just wondered if I'd missed something. I'm upgrading it for club use (we are building a display layout, and bought some 2nd-hand stuff for it.)

I saw lots of CN work cars in Edmonton in the 60s, but can't recall seeing cabooses, hence my question.

No, but thanks for your information, esp. dates.

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Wolf Kirchmeir

just for fun: some CN caboose pictures

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J Barnstorf

Thanks. Good site. I like your model of the proposed layout.

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Wolf Kirchmeir

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