Reply To: MoPac Caboose color

[Jerry Michels]

You got it Jim. The criticism I wrote in the caboose book was a warning that the red paint was fading rapidly when the alkali (I think) washing solution was used. It was switched to an acid wash which stopped the fading. However, I think in the meantime,the caboose paint was changed. I’d like to see more information on this, but it may be lost to history. Caboose orange, to me, is kind of pleasing, but so is the vermilion red the railroad used. When I bring out my Jenks blue GP7s, I tag a “Caboose Orange” Sedalia welded caboose on the end of the train.