Can anyone tell me the correct up ore car colors over time? For instance, yellow, what years? Red, and so on...
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I guess I never really knew that the UP even had "ore cars".
Patrick Dorin had an Iron Ore Railroads book that had photos of UNION PACIFIC ore cars.
Andrew
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
I guess I never really knew that the UP even had "ore cars".
http://www.rrpicturearchives.n...ture.aspx?id=3379314
rr-fallenflags website and RailCarPhotos website could both have images.
Andrew
| UP 26517 | |||
| Open Hopper - Ore Car | |||
| Date: 5/27/1995 | Location: West Colton, CA Map  | Views: 81 | Collection Of: Ron Hawkins |
| Rolling Stock: UP 26517 (Ore Car) | Author: Ron Hawkins | ||
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| Picture Categories: RollingStock | |||
When I worked for the UP in 1980s the ore cars were painted aluminum with red lettering. As a result of all the mergers, new freight car color standards were adopted and i think the ore cars were going to be painted black. The cars would not have been painted yellow. That was reserved for cars with cushion under frames.
