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Greg,
It is galvanized roof. It is well documented that paint has a
hard time adhering to galvanized metal. If you find an overhead
shot of railroad freight yard from 1940/1950s, you will see
galvanized roofs in various states of maintaining their paint. The
acidic effect of steam cinders did a job on both the roofs and
sides of the cars.
Modeling a peeling galvanized roof is pretty easy and adds a lot
of character to your car fleet. There are lots of techniques that
a quick search will find.
Bill Hirt
On 1/11/2021 4:30 PM, Greg wrote:
Attached is a photo of CB&Q XM-26
#16413 in Nutley, NJ in 1936 from the Al Hoffman collection.
To me, it looks as if the roof has been
painted silver. Does anyone know anything about this practice,
such as when it started, what cars received silver roofs, etc?
Also, I know these cars had extremely long
service lives. Does anyone have photos of XM-25s or XM-26s in
the late 50s or into the 60s?
Thanks in advance!
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