Anybody know the color of the UP Cheyenne 650 coal bunker

[wp8thsub]

This photo from Railpictures shows the structure in color.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/388528/ 

[ndbprr]

Gonna take awhile until I can. It is also only about 3" square and blurry.

[peahrens]

ndbprr

Pulling out the black and white print taken with an Argus Super 75 camera in 1957 when I was 12 it sure looks black to me as does the Big Boy under it.

 

Ndbprr, if you can scan and upload that photo we would love to see it!

[tomikawaTT]

One photo of the sand tank side of the bunker seems to show that the siding was originally unpainted galvanized steel, and the black color is the result of the passage of many locomotives.  The bottom portion of the sand tank is also blackened, but the top is apparently painted with aluminum paint.

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

[DAVID FORTNEY]

Thanks for your help.

[ndbprr]

Pulling out the black and white print taken with an Argus Super 75 camera in 1957 when I was 12 it sure looks black to me as does the Big Boy under it.

[DAVID FORTNEY]

I looked online and could not find one picture of the coal bunker. I am assuming it was mostly grey with allot of soot. 

Dave