Early N&W Power and Rolling Stock

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I don't know when it started, but I do know that gold leaf was used for 
passenger car lettering until replaced by imitation gold in the mid-1950's. 
Locomotive lettering was imitation gold much earlier (at least by 1941), but I 
don't know what it was before that. Probably a matter of cost versus wear. 
Remember, passenger cars got a coat of varnish over the paint and lettering (in 
those days), so the gold leaf had a little protection. Not so with locomotives..

Jim Nichols




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Subject: RE: Early N&W Power and Rolling Stock

Thanks for the leads on the books. 

Browsing through the archives, I wonder how were the PA Class coaches painted? 
Was Tuscan Red in use that early? Was the N&W lettering imitation gold?

Also, curious as to early power's paint schemes. Seems most late 19th century 
steam power was gaudy in nature, gold leafing, Russian Iron, etc. I know some of 
these engines I linked weren't directly N&W to begin with, but I wonder if they 
were as ornate as their western counterparts say in California and Nevada?

N&W U class 10 wheeler
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=34675

AM&O American
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=12203

L&D American
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=34671

PA Class coach
http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=71964

Jeff Lisowski

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