Color of houses/baracks

[NW Modeling List]

Thanks,

Yeah my depots are cream and brown.  My options are match that or go
before/after which sounds fine.

What era was the cream brown installed, and what was after?

Cheers
David Baker

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 1:07 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Whatever were the colors used on frame depots during any specific period,
> section houses would be painted the same colors. but it varied from time to
> time, so I would need to know your specific decade. And there would be
> overlap. when specific structures were not repainted for several years. The
> Blue Ridge depot is an example. It retained the cream with brown trim long
> after colors had changed twice.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 06:35:23 AM CDT, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am building a section foreman's house and some other misc houses for the
> crew.
>
> Question: what is the history of the colors used to paint them?  I am
> modeling a freelance of either the tug fork or Buchanan branches around the
> 20's-50's
>
> Would they match the depots?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David Baker
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