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Brett Wiebold

December 10, 2019 09:52PM

Registered: 6 years ago
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Hi guys, weird one for y'all today-

Is anyone aware of the color scheme applied to the trucks in this DPL photo? It would appear to be a light (maybe yellow?) color and a darker offset on the freight box, with the rims and striping on the cab being a different color? No amount of google-fu I could muster produced an answer, and while I'm all for books, I don't have $175 bucks to spend on Duane Kaufman's History of the Rio Grande Motorway at the moment.

[digital.denverlibrary.org]

The scheme would appear to be common with the company 'circus wagons' as well

[digital.denverlibrary.org]

Thanks in advance!
- Brett

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