Why did Santa Fe paint some stations/depots red and white? what time period would this have been used in? Thanks in advance. Tom
I dont know about the red and white, but they did paint some in red/white and blue for the Bi-Centennial.
Wow, that dug up memories. Let's throw this one out for the fans. The only one I remember - from Joe McMillan's "Route of the Warbonnets", was Lebo, KS, which was painted for the bicentennial. http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/atsf_lebo.jpg I know of a couple others, but not ATSF.... I hope I'm wrong.
From the information that I have: "Early depots were barn red (along with anything else paintable that did not move). The Santa Fe soon refined this color to "Brown Mineral" called, simply, "B.M." ........The trim was bronze green with white window sashes." "A new standard began creeping across the system in the late nineteen twenties: colonial yellow buildings, bronze green trim and white window sashes. This lasted, generally, until the late fifties, when the bronze green trim was painted yellow also." As for photos, I don't have much for Arizona or California. Only Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.
I have been going through my Santa Fe depots book and I found this.... "Beginning in 1967 and ending about 1976, certain quaint depots were painted by Santa Fe in a Chinese red with white trim combination."
Thanks guys. JD that is what I wondered about. Do you know why only certain one got that paint? some kind of crew rest stop or something? I've only seen 2 stations painted that way. Skull Valley ,AZ. and March Field, Ca. I've modified an old Pola "Erie" depot to look sorta like a Santa Fe station and did the red/white paint. I'll post pics soon.
