Repair/repaint caboose advice

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 All,
Good choice or not, white was what it was.  The green in the Rural Retreat picture is not quite dark enough.
As for the earlier creme and brown colors, the dark brown took on a slightly reddish tint with age.
This is not to be confused with what the railroaders called "turd-muddly brown", which had limited use and took on a life of it's own.
Carl, I have hundreds and hundreds of N&W depot pictures.  You are welcome to come here, but I don't have time to dig through them unless you visit.
Tim Hensley


    On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 07:20:06 AM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:   

 Hi, Jim – It would seem that white would be poor color choice for a steam railroad? Don't think cream and white would be a good choice either.
Does anyone have pics of these earlier paint schemes? Was the brown a dark or light brown?
Be well -
Carl Barna
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Subject: Re: Repair/repaint caboose advice Carl: Green and while became standard colors sometime in the mid 1950's and was the last standard scheme. Prior to that, cream and white were used for a short time, and even earlier it was cream and brown. Of course, there was overlap of schemes, since a coat of paint lasted several years. For instance, the Blue Ridge station was still cream and brown some time after green and white had become the standard.
Jim Nichols
On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 04:27:38 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Hello  - Is white and green the usual colors of N&W structures?
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Greetings, The Rural Retreat Depot Foundation doesn't own the caboose beside us, but it is a main attraction and is worthy of looking good. The Town, owner, has asked if the Foundation would maintain it, and we agreed. We'll be asking for local donations for the materials and labor, so we need to know how much money we'll need to raise. We hope to do it "right", but will could be financially limited to 'spruce up'.If anyone or organization on this list has done this elsewhere I would appreciate a conversation and advice. We're assuming cleaning, repairs, primer and final, and there must be details under that. Perhaps this is something that could be contracted as a package. Any and all advice is appreciated! Frank Akers, presidentRR Depot Foundation

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