Picture: top of passenger equipment & ends

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2. Jim Nichols told me the black ends started in mid-late 50s, and about
the same time the roofs began to be painted black.

Mike Rector

On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 12:35 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Hi Society,
>
> 1) I've been looking in the archive for some good color photo references
> of passenger equipment in the steam era, especially the roof.
>
> I'm weathering some PG (stand ins) after I number them.
>
> Does anyone know some good ones?
>
> 2) I see the ends are sometimes painted black, and sometimes so dirty they
> are black. Does anyone know the story on when the painting started and how
> often?
>
> Thanks!
> David Baker
>
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