caboose NW 518676 painting, c31p

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I would really hope that you don't think that I,m ignorant enough to
believe what you say and show me. I put that picture up on my tv screen
(58") and the number on that car is 518674 and it's as clear as day. It's
hard to believe that a club or society like yours could lie like that and
give out false information when it's so critical to have it right. I would
hope that this was just an honest mistake and you will quit calling that
picture NW caboose 518767. Maybe you need to work a little longer and
harder at it!!!!!

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM Art Brust <apbrust at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not trying to be unpleasant Just trying  to get it right. like i said I
> had never seen a picture of a blue 518767 cab. I have seen lots of pictures
> of it in red from 1975 and its faded. This means it had to be painted
> between 1970 and 74. There is no record of that in the maintenance log. All
> other cabooses with numbers really close to that 518675 show it in the
> records when they were painted red. So hopefully you can see my dilemma and
> why I wanted proof, I just wanted it to be right. Once again I THANK you
> for all your work and input you put into this matter and for all the work
> you do to maintain the records. Believe Me I do understand how much work
> and time it takes to run a nonprofit.
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S10, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> 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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