Re: Empire Builder Question

Chris John wrote:

I received the first Walthers empire Builder car for my Great Northern
Empire Builder. Like most of Walthers passenger cars, it is ready to run
except for the addition of number decals and grab irons. I find the
addition of these grab irons to be quite tedious. I have more than 25 of
these Walthers cars for various trians now and I generally like them except
for doing these grab irons.

Any way, I have a question. For the Empire Builder, what colors were the
grab irons? In most pictures I have seen on the internet, the ones on the
side of the car are unpainted rather than matching one of the colors on the
car. The roof ones match the color of the roof.

Chris


According to the colored pictures in D. Hickcox's book 'GN Color Guide
To Freight And Passenger Equipment' the grab irons appear to silver or
chrome in color except for the ones on the roof. Those grab irons are
the same color as the roof, pullman green.


Fred Ellis
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