On Jan 31, 2011, at 10:37 PM, EdwardM wrote:

Were caboose roofs covered with tar paper?

How about PRR stock cars?

Ed,

Stock car roofs did not have to be water-tight, so no, they would not
usually have been covered with tar paper. Darkly weathered boards
were due to soot and cinders from locomotives.

Regards
Bruce

Bruce F. Smith
Auburn, AL
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2

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