Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Real Russia Iron or planished note the reflections
> of piping etc...
>
> Then there is this much later scheme, which I
> think is what is being portrayed today on the
> #168.
>
> Note that the finish is flatter, not so shiny like
> the cylinder covers and the rest of the black
> paint, also the upper section of the air-pump is
> same and there is little reflection, apart from
> the compressor supply/output piping. Pretty much
> in what is seen here in this freight hog.
>
>
> Those white tyres sure do set the machine.
The flatter appearance in some photographs may also be attributable to less oil on the jacket. Sometimes it's hard to tell in B&W. Something that routinely pops up in period sources is the importance of regularly wiping down the bare jacket with oily rags with respect to maintaining the shiny sheen of the bare metal jackets.
Note that--somewhat unusually for the period--many of the later D&RG locomotives had iron boiler bands rather than the usual-for-the-period brass. The lack of contrast is notably apparent in the photographs above of the consolidations and ten-wheelers, while the brass bands are easily seen on the 4-4-0.
The D&RG seemed to like its white driving wheel tires.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2019 07:39PM by James.