I've just added an overhead shot of 5632 at Oregon, another from the 6-23-1963
wayfreight excursion. I'm guessing that's Karl Rethwisch's head leaning out of
the left side of her cab. In looking at the roof hatches (or vents - not sure
what the technical term is), you can see how weathering has changed the color
of the red oxide paint from a reddish-orange on the surfaces with minimal
exposure to a brownish purple in the areas most exposed. It all depends on when
you're portraying your engine ? how long it's been in service since it's last
shopping or washing.
Jonathan Harris
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@...> wrote:
>
> I'm just the right age. I'm old enouth to remember steam in regular service
> and young enouth not to be an old man in his dotage! There is no "right"
> color for Q steam engine roofs, fireboxes and smokeboxes. The graphite and
> linseed oil and the red lead and linseed oil were locally mixed in the
> roundhouse. This unlike the "locomotive black" enamel which was a commerical
> paint that came in gallon cans and 55 gallon drums (it took 55 gallons to
> paint an M-4). Depending on the skill of the painter a different colar could
> occur at the begining of the job. With time, weather and dirty enviroment,
> the colors changed. I saw smoke boxes and fire boxes from a light gray
> (almost white) to very dark gray (almost black). Likewise cab roofs could be
> anything from almost pink to tuscan.
> Btw, the painters belonged to the carmen's craft. Some of them could be on
> the derrick crew. At Centralia, at one time the derrick engineer and the cook
> were both painters.
> So go ahead and experiment. Have fun you can't go wrong.
> John Mitchell
>
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