Jeff Ramsey Wrote:
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> HighCommander Wrote:
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> > If at all possible leave the 1511 number
> visible.
> > It adds to the car's history. It's up under the
> > roof above the door and will not detract from
> the
> > restoration.
> > When rebuilding/restoring RGS business car Rico
> at
> > the CRRM, after removing a layer of "tuscan"
> red
> > paint we found a layer of Pullman green paint
> over
> > the door of the parlor end of the car. Printed
> in
> > gilt paint was a repaint abbreviation and a
> 1918
> > date. This coincides with the Railroad
> > Administration mandate that all passenger
> > equipment would be painted "Pullman Green" We
> left
> > a small rectangle of green containing the
> > lettering and framed it with a small frame from
> a
> > file cabinet. It adds to the car's history and
> > does not detract from the car's recent
> > restoration.
>
> Not exactly right Bill. The finish that was above
> the "Pullman Green" was a common work car or
> freight car "mineral red" color, same that was
> used on all RGS/D&RGW work cars. The date of what
> you are referring to is 1918 although it post
> dates D&RG "Tuscan Red". There is a difference.
Jeff,
Your splitting hairs.You'll notice I put the Tuscan red color in quotation marks. I could have said rust, maroon or dark red. The coat(s) of red that Mike Davis removed were applied by myself, Dave Waltrip and Darrel Arndt back in 1982 when Rico was the property of the RMRRC and I was the RMRRC equipment chair. Top coat that we painted was KWAL lead based paint that
was close to the color that the RGS applied. Whole point of the post was to give my opinion the caboose should leave the numbers 1511 visible. The RGS also used any shade of paint they had on hand for repaints. No insult meant, but I doubt if your qualified to determine that the coat of paint we applied was the original Mineral red applied by the RGS. It wasn't. It was applied in 1982. The rest of Rico has been repainted twice along with the varnish top coat. Rico had the siding, belt rail, letterboard, both platforms and outer clerestory facing replaced over the last 33 years. The end sections were not replaced, but were repainted.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/2015 01:00PM by HighCommander.
