It was "red lead" to prevent coal smoke corrosion. It
was used from the 20's on, but it is black in many
photos from the smoke!
John Mitchell
--- fdlnmn@s... wrote:
> --- In BRHSlist@y..., atsf3460@a... wrote:
> > And what color red was it also.
>
> I had always been under the impression that the cab
> roofs were
> painted the same mineral red as pieces of Q rolling
> stock and
> stations. It seems only logical to use the shade of
> red used on
> other equipment. Of course, unless your locomotive
> is fresh from the
> shop, you can use virtually any dark red because the
> cab roof was
> always covered with soot before long.
>
> -Ezekiel Johnson
>
>
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