Re: Engine house interior paint . . . most often white
| March 15, 2018 01:44PM |
|
Bruce, the paint is probably named after me 
Seriously, would this be what we and the Brits called Whitewash? Whenever we had staff surpluses in our small locodepot, the junior guy got to whitewash the pit in the Railcar shed, and all the Pointlevers around the loco trackage, just to make work.
This was a white paint with chalk added, was rather thin and sloppy, washed up the brushes in water at a time when all the railway painters used lead paint.
Seriously, would this be what we and the Brits called Whitewash? Whenever we had staff surpluses in our small locodepot, the junior guy got to whitewash the pit in the Railcar shed, and all the Pointlevers around the loco trackage, just to make work.
This was a white paint with chalk added, was rather thin and sloppy, washed up the brushes in water at a time when all the railway painters used lead paint.
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.