Tore apart many untouched cars in Chama years ago and every single one of them showed evidence of the roof walks being painted. All the double deck stock cars and I don't know how many box cars we rebuilt the roof walks and platforms. Look through Rasmussen's RGS slides in the Dorman collection. All the color pictures taken from the cupola show painted roof walks. Dorman always got a kick out of every saying they were not painted. The paint wears off. He showed me dozens of color shots with painted running boards. The railroad wouldn't ever leave wood unprotected.