Tomstp Wrote:
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> Not to re-kindle a decades old argument but, in
> the early 1900's many engines were manufactured
> with green or gray boilers along with "russia
> iron.. All arguments aside, coal burning
> railroads obviously saw no need to try to keep
> engines cleaned enough to show "the colors" as
> coal burners would turn any paint job a dusty,
> dirty black within days. Multi color jobs were
> more time consuming and expensive to apply.
> Still, they are nice looking when clean.
>
> Now let the flame shooters begin while I duck and
> cover my head.
I don't think there's any argument there. Pretty well everyone with a serious interest in the history of American railroads knows that locomotives typically wore colorful paint jobs with bare metal boiler jackets during the earlier years. The D&RG itself bought locomotives that were painted various hues of deep red, brown, green, and black. The "green jacket" arguments that sometimes occur on this forum are typically centered on the more modern period, 1930's-1940's or so, and as such are a different issue entirely.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/2019 09:28AM by James.