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Charlie Mutschler

November 29, 2012 07:57AM

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I think this has been discussed before, either on this forum, or one of the narrow gauge modeling sites.

The D&RGW used a rolled roofing on some of the outfit cars which used elaterite, a mineral something like gilsonite, to make it weatherproof. Looks a lot like composition roofing in today's building supply stores. The actual 'tar paper' is roofing felt, which is normally placed between the roof and the outer roofing material such as rolled roofing or composition shingles.

Charlie Mutschler
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tar paper roofing	gregcoit	November 28, 2012 10:51PM
Re: tar paper roofing	South Park	November 28, 2012 11:07PM
Re: tar paper roofing	Jerry Huck	November 29, 2012 02:52AM
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Re: tar paper roofing	george pearce	November 30, 2012 02:16PM
Re: tar paper roofing	RDannemann	November 29, 2012 07:36AM
Re: tar paper roofing	South Park	November 29, 2012 07:41AM
Re: elaterite (aka tar paper) roofing	Charlie Mutschler	November 29, 2012 07:57AM
Re: elaterite (aka tar paper) roofing	bonefish	November 29, 2012 03:03PM
Re: elaterite (aka tar paper) roofing	gregcoit	November 29, 2012 03:14PM

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