Thanks Bill !
It just looks so smooth and uniform that I assumed it was paint.
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William Hirt
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 4:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] XM-26 Question
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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