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El Coke

September 27, 2000 02:40PM

D&RG(W)practice was to paint shake roofs a combination of box car red mixed with linseed oil .Fire hazard or not , the mixture prolonged the life of the shake shingles . Close scrutiny of the Rico depot shows that part of the roof was replaced after a fire on the south end burned off the roof in the 1930s .Chama and Durango depots received green asphalt shingles at some time . Some of the nicer depots ,like Gunnison , Montrose and Santa Fe received tile roofs .

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D&RGW Depot Roof	Duane Richardson	September 27, 2000 09:36AM
Re: D&RGW Depot Roof	Sam March	September 27, 2000 10:02AM
Re: D&RGW Depot Roof	Duane Richardson	September 27, 2000 12:48PM
Re: D&RGW Depot Roof	El Coke	September 27, 2000 02:40PM
Re: Linseed oil & shingles	Fred T	September 27, 2000 02:53PM
Re: Linseed oil is the best base	El Coke	September 27, 2000 03:57PM
Re: Linseed oil is the best base	Herb Kelsey	September 27, 2000 04:03PM
Re: Linseed oil is the best base NM	Hoss	September 27, 2000 07:21PM
FIGHT, FIGHT	Hoss	September 27, 2000 07:22PM
Re: D&RGW Depot Roof	Jim Adams	September 27, 2000 06:12PM

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