caboose NW 518676 painting, c31p

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For what it's worth,
I read the number from the photo and then saw that matched the email.
Cheers,
David Baker

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025, 3:47 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Wow, The picture plainly shows the 518676
> In N&W blue. And as far as the windows are concerned that arrangement was
> greatly changed over the years. I don't know much but I do know to date I
> have currently been involved in returning three C31 cabs back to their
> original window configuration.  The best thing you can do is restore the
> caboose to its current configuration unless you un-plate the covered
> windows and just go with red.
>
> Rick, Roanoke  va
>
>
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> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> Date: 6/3/25 3:06 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> Subject: Re: caboose NW 518676 painting, c31p
>
> I can't tell anything from that picture, can't tell if it has enough
> windows in it even.
> The maintenance log doesn't say it was repainted and the other cabooses
> that i have looked at their  maintenance logs tell when they were painted.
> It was red in 1974 so were is the proof it was blue. I would need a good
> picture.
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Here is a picture of 518676 in blue:  Slide - RB03413
>> <https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=128347>
>>
>> Also see the late Bob Bowers history timeline for 518676:
>> https://www.nwhs.org/data/caboose/view.php?ID=658
>> Let us know where it is now and we can update the disposition.
>> Joe Shaw
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When NW changed the colors of their cabooses from blue to red did they
>>> sandblast or strip the blue paint first? This caboose is very faded red now
>>> and I can't find any hint of blue under the paint or primer. All the info I
>>> can find seems to point to the fact that this caboose was always red. I
>>> think this caboose was always red but a couple people think it was blue.
>>> Thanks for all your help!!!!
>>>
>>> Art Brust
>>> Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation
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