Re: Whitewashing History . . .
| March 15, 2018 05:53PM |
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Chris Walker Wrote:
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> 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 loco depot, the junior guy got to whitewash
> the pit in the Railcar shed, and all the Point levers
> 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.
By George I think you've got it, Chris!!!
Quoting page 11 of 'Engine Houses & Turntables on Canadian Railways' cited above,"As with the story of Canadian railway technology in general, Canadian engine house development followed American development closely, after an early period of British influence." And from page 77 of the same historical study (emphasis mine), "Some detail is available on the NTR roundhouse opened in 1913 at O'Brien, Quebec . . . All interior brickwork was painted with two coats of whitewash, and iron and sheet metal painted black. All woodwork had one coat of primer and two of white lead and linseed oil . . . "
The following interior photo is from page 22:
. . . and this one from page 108:
- Roosso
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> 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 loco depot, the junior guy got to whitewash
> the pit in the Railcar shed, and all the Point levers
> 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.
By George I think you've got it, Chris!!!
Quoting page 11 of 'Engine Houses & Turntables on Canadian Railways' cited above,"As with the story of Canadian railway technology in general, Canadian engine house development followed American development closely, after an early period of British influence." And from page 77 of the same historical study (emphasis mine), "Some detail is available on the NTR roundhouse opened in 1913 at O'Brien, Quebec . . . All interior brickwork was painted with two coats of whitewash, and iron and sheet metal painted black. All woodwork had one coat of primer and two of white lead and linseed oil . . . "
The following interior photo is from page 22:
. . . and this one from page 108:
- Roosso
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