When?

[NW Modeling List]

Thank you, Brent.  This knowledge helps me become a better modeler.  
What a great group!

On 8/20/2019 11:56 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> Black boxcars did not come about until the 1971/1972 time frame. When 
> the first diesels arrived on the N&W all boxcars were brown and stayed 
> that way until the 1964 round of mergers that brought about some blue 
> painted cars.
>
> Brent
>
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> Dr. J. Brent Greer
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 20, 2019 11:39:04 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: When?
>
> I am modeling fall of 1958.  I think I understand that new diesel 
> engines were received in black paint before that date. I've ordered a 
> couple of engines from the club that should come this year in original 
> black paint. .Were boxcars re-painted black during or before the fall 
> of 1958?  When were new boxcars, if any, received in black paint?  
> Thanks in advance.  I want to be as accurate as I can be with my 
> rolling stock and I always get great answers from members.  Oh, what 
> fun we have chasing rabbits down holes!
>
> Walter Davis
>
> Youngsville, NC
>
> On 8/19/2019 7:03 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>> Painting box cars black was part of the new image which featured the 
>> large NW.  They coincided.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>>
>> On Monday, August 19, 2019, 05:10:39 PM CDT, NW Modeling List 
>> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> When did the N&W start painting boxcars black?  Did it coincide with 
>> the large NW (connected) logo or did the large logo come later?
>>
>> Walter Davis
>>
>> Youngsville, NC
>>
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