@Bessemer643 posted:Thanks for the help Bob, Nice to see there are modelers on here willing to lend a hand. My gut says it was not originally black. May repaint the C&O freight car red or whatever its called.
I have the Al Buchan/Elden Gatwood PRR gondola book - In the chapter on gondola paint colors they indicate that while they have no specific pre-1920 gondola paint details, in the 1920 and beyond period of which they have documentation, gondolas were painted the standard PRR freight car red.
