Nostalgia & History > WAG running extra (#55): Be Specific!

Bill Gibson shot boxcars! Lots of them. Thank goodness for Kodachrome…

1. UP 126180 seen in Topeka, KS on February 1, 1958.
Photo by William A. Gibson (WAG) Sr.

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels (santafe199)
Art Gibson (wag216)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/22 01:08 by santafe199.

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1958 and that car already has roller bearing trucks under it with end-caps even painted white - interesting.

If I read it right that car was almost brand new, built "9-57".
 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/18 08:34 by Railbaron.

Did Athearn make that??? : >)

Great photo, the shade seems to be not the typical 'Boxcar Red', but more of a lighter brown.

Rich

Kadee

PasadenaSub Wrote:
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> Great photo, the shade seems to be not the typical
> 'Boxcar Red', but more of a lighter brown.

Might be a tad overexposed. The brick building looks a little light, too.

CPR_4000 Wrote: > ...  Might be a tad overexposed ...

That was my first thought, as well. And I'm sure this wasn't intentional. Once in a while Bill would get a run of slightly over-exposed slides. Then he corrected his settings. On this image IIRC, I did darken it a bit. As for the color tone I believe it actually is a little bit lighter than later version of the classic UP 40ft box. And I remember the later versions having BCR painted ends, not the black shown above...

Lance/199

I believe that the UP freight car color for that era is called "Mineral Red".

Great picture for a rolling stock fan like me!

John