Box Car paint schemes: NYC, B&O, ARR , NS

[brianel027]

Okay gang, don't laugh too loud. I'm a 3-rail Lionel kind of guy but I have some questions about box car paint schemes as to when they actually ran on the real rails, if so. I know, the 3-rail companies haven't always been to the book when it comes to accurate paint schemes and have been known to take liberties. So forgive me on that one. If anyone has accurate information, it would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.

B&O Time Saver Service with the long orange arrow across the car

C&O Blue top body with black ends and yellow across the entire bottom of the car

Alaska Railroad "At Your Service" scheme, all blue with the yellow stripe and the eskimo figure. A very popular Lionel car. I've seen the scheme used on protoype trailer trucks.

NYC Timesaver and Early Bird schemes: I've read the Timesaver came first, then the Early Bird scheme in the early 1960's.

Norfolk Southern: some companies make all black box cars with the modern NS type logo, but I've looked at prototype photos and have yet to see an actual photo of a all-black NS box car.

 

[emdgp92]

I don't recall seeing any black NS boxcars either. I know that the N&W had some black auto parts cars. I do know that NS boxcars are some sort of oxide color, like this one. However, it could have been a relettered, former N&W car that the company chose to model. This is one of those cars.