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Ed Hawkins
On Dec 23, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: Richard says some of the NYC box cars built 1944-1945 had black roofs, but Tim, I don't have paint specs for the 1944 Despatch-built NYC box cars, but ACF paint specs for 3 series of NYC 50' box and auto cars built from 2-45 to 12-45 all specify brown sides and ends, black roofs (car cement), black underframes, and black trucks. ACF lot 2736 - 64500-65499 ACF lot 2774 - 65500-66499 ACF lot 2775 - 80500-80999 & 177300-177799 Also, a series of NYC 40' AAR box cars built ca. 5-48 (ACF lot 3284, 166000-166999) received brown sides and ends with black car cement on the roofs. Trucks were also black, however, the underframes of these 40' box cars were brown. In the STMFC archives should be discussion about 1948 NYC box cars built by Greenville Steel 40' with paint specs denoting black roofs and unpainted running boards except for brown paint on the edges. Very decorative. While I agree this information isn't absolute proof of the roof color used on the 1944 Despatch box cars, it does provide supporting data for Richard's statement. Early photos of the NYC 159000-159999 box cars have been elusive. A side view builder's photo of NYC 159000 is available from the Andrew Merrilees Collection at the National Archives of Canada. Regards, Ed Hawkins
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Germain Golembowski <golembo@...>
Hi Group:
As an avid train watcher in the 50s I'd like to chime in here... The
Central had a lot of cars and not all got around to getting painted in Jade
green... Many from the 40s still had the Box car Brown/Red sides and roofs... So
if your planning a 50s layout is OK to have mix of NYC colors...
G A "Jerry" Golembowski
Watching Trains in New Haven Ct. in the
50s
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Take your question to Noel Widdifield who is the modeling coordinator and e-zine editor for the New York Central System Historical Society. Go to the society website for links. Hugh T. Guillaume, former director of NYCSHS
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Thanks Ed. I have a little more info on these.
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Railway Age Jan 1947 (Vol 122, issue #1) p.25 has a builder photo of NYC #80868, and on p.122 is a builder photo of NYC #177725. The NYC lot number is 742-B and they are single door cars. I did not record the roof color in my notes. There's a 1945 color photo of brand new NYC #177568 in Morning Sun's SP In Color, p.11, but nothing can be seen of the roof. Directly in front of it is a 40 ft NYC box car but that one appears to be a 10'0" car and only the side is visible. I have a black/white scan of NYC #65650 but again can't tell the roof color. And there is a 1953 black/white photo of NYC #65656 in John Signor's SP Shasta Division, p.254, but no idea of the roof color. Tim O'Connor
I don't have paint specs for the 1944 Despatch-built NYC box cars, but ACF paint specs for 3 series of NYC 50' box and auto cars built from 2-45 to 12-45 all specify brown sides and ends, black roofs (car cement), black underframes, and black trucks.
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