Russo Loco Wrote:
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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
:
> [attachment 45644 CPR-Roundhouse.jpg]
>
>
. . . and this one from page 108
:
> [attachment 45645 CNR-Enginehouse.jpg]
>
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Roosso
This is what the Grande did as seen here on the inside of the Gunnison RH.
William
aka drgwk37