Gene --
I'm curious to know what picture you're looking at and what year (more or
less) you're trying to represent. A few of the early C&Sng engines may have
retained Russia Iron boiler jackets for a few years, but my impression is
that such finish -- if it existed -- disappeared pretty quickly and
certainly was not characteristic of the C&S (although it was common on
predecessor roads). Many of the earlier (pre-1910) photos in Coleman's
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume VI (C&S Motive Power) show what appear to be
lighter boiler jackets (lighter than the cabs), but it's hard to know
exactly how they should be interpreted. For the most part they lack the
lustre and transluscence that show through even in black & white photos of
Russia Iron. Coleman speculates that one of the engines (#9, p. 47 of that
book) may have had a green boiler jacket c.1910, and it looks plausible;
several contemoraneous photos in that volume have a similar appearance.
Coleman says that on other roads green jackets were used more on passenger
than freight engines (so if you're painting one of the 2-6-0s you might
consider it), but I don't know whether anyone actually has confirmed that
such a paint scheme ever was used on the C&S. As for the dark smokebox,
might it be either soot (if flat) or just VERY fresh graphite (if shiny)?
By the way, the intertwined C&S cab logo is also a very early feature.
Depending on how 'back-dated' the engine is, it may or may not be
appropriate. If I were modeling anything later than about 1906, I'd play it
safe and stick with both the later lettering scheme and with the standard
black/graphite paint scheme. But it really depends on what specific engine
and what year. Things changed a lot during the first decade of the C&S's
existence.
Jonathan
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>I am in the process of finishing a C&S narrow gauge engine for a friend.
>Microscale makes a C&S steam locomotive decal sheet that includes the
>early scheme with a large number on the tender, C & S above the number
>and a Colorado Road herald on the cab. The data sheet with the decals
>shows the placement for both styles, however, the black and white
>picture of the older scheme appears to be different than the normal
>black with graphite smokebox. The boiler looks to be a lighter shade of
>color than the smokebox. Does anyone know what the paint scheme was for
>the early C&S engines??
>Thanks
>Gene
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