McKeen Motorcar

[mauro]

 Dear Friends,

I have recently buyed a Ken Kidder Motorcar (passengers version).

For paint the model I need to know as McKeen Motorcars was painted.

Anyone can help me?

Thank You,

Mauro from Italy

[Beach Bill]

The Nevada State RR Museum has recently completed restoration of a McKeen Car from the Virginia & Truckee, and their research resulted in painting the car a maroon.  Photos have recently appeared in several of the railfan magazines, and additional photos are at:

http://www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm44-1.html

The book Interurbans Without Wires by Edmond Keilty (1987) has very little discussion of colors used, but then there were 152 McKeens built which went to a variety of railroads.  There is a black & white photo in the book of Union Pacific M-24 which would appear to be in UP Yellow, with the pilot and other areas below the frame in brown.  That photo was taken after the car had been re-motored.  I have an old colorized postcard (Postmark 1912) with a Union Pacific McKeen car in maroon with a black roof.  I have seen other photos (or hand-colored old post cards) of McKeens in a standard Pullman Green or Coach Green, as was standard for passenger equipment of the day.  If you are attempting to match a specific prototype, you might want to contact the historical society of that line to see if they have information.

I painted my Ken Kidder McKeen Pullman Green with the standard matching lettering for my "could-have-been" model railroad.  It thus fits in with the other equipment, and can be used to pull an extra coach on occasion.

Bill

Bill

[mauro]

 Bill, thank you very much!!

Your hint is very heplful for me.

Mauro 

[erikem]

Beach Bill

The Nevada State RR Museum has recently completed restoration of a McKeen Car from the Virginia & Truckee, and their research resulted in painting the car a maroon.  Photos have recently appeared in several of the railfan magazines, and additional photos are at:

While looking for a photo taken when I lived in Carson City, I ran across a photo I took in 1970 of the McKeen carbody at the south end of Carson City. The color then was more like a khaki to match the color of teh building it was attached to.