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IC caboose - Cox 1947 - 10-28-2010 This is a pair of IC caboose on my Illinois and Southern..One is Atlas the other is a B-man...Weathering is brown and black craft paint thinned with water and calk over sprayed with Krylon Matte Finish which I have found to work as well as Dull Coat and is much cheaper.. Jerry Re: IC caboose - Sumpter250 - 10-28-2010 I've always been a little hesitant about spray cans.....usually too much paint, but it doesn't appear like there was too heavy a coat of the "Matte Finish", in your photo. I have to ask, when the Illinois Central " dropped the Gulf ", didn't that happen fairly quickly for all their equipment ? The time period from ICG to IC, at least where locos and caboose were concerned, was quite short as I remember. Re: IC caboose - doctorwayne - 10-28-2010 Illinois Central merged with the Gulf Mobile & Ohio in 1972, becoming the Illinois Central Gulf. In 1988 the name reverted to Illinois Central, and the road was purchased by Canadian National in 1998. Wayne Re: IC caboose - Gary S - 10-28-2010 I have always liked the IC orange. Nice work on the cabooses. S250, I've also been using the Krylon matte spray and like it. You can get a great big can for just a bit more than one small can of dullcote. Re: IC caboose - Ralph - 10-28-2010 I've always liked the IC too. The orange scheme was one of the influences on my choice of color for my freelanced road's caboose color. Ralph