southern 2 bay hoppers

[kh25]

hello, up here in herndon pa the ns has been occasionaly delivering sand in 2 bay southern hoppers
some look black others brown, all pretty well worn. what color are these cars actualy?
ty
mark

[Backyard]

  They were originally painted red oxide, now faded.

Or black.

[JWall]

If these are the 100 ton Greenville cars(like the Walthers model) in the 101000, 103000 and 104000 series they were delivered in oxide and black.  I do not right off hand remember which car series were painted which color.  The give away as to color would be in the lettering Font.  Oxide cars should have the large roman lettering of Southern and black cars should have the thinner "Claytor" font.  these websites have nice pics of both cars.

http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/sou/index.shtml

http://southern.railfan.net/

JWall