Picture: top of passenger equipment & ends

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Hi,
What were the rooves before then? It looks like brown, with so much grime
they were black?
David

On Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 8:38 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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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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