NP R23 clone reefer
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Fred Jansz
Hi all,
want to add this IM NP reefer to my reefer collection. Checked the group archives and could find Mr. Hendrickson's remarks about these cars. He mentioned that the lower 91XXX numbers from 1947 did NOT posess the 'Main Street' phrase. Later cars did have it. I can take it off, no problem, but what about the roof? I've read somewhere it should be silver? Or was that the case on the R25 clones? See picture of the 1947 R23 clone. Thanks for your help. best regards, Fred Jansz
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Rufus Cone
Before you take it off, await further replies. I believe the lettering change you described took place _during_ production of that group.
-- Rufus Cone Bozeman, MT
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The black roof is correct. The steel galvanized running boards should just have a little overspray on them. I have a builder's photo, and 91072 does have the Mainstreet slogan.
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Tim O'Connor
I have always been skeptical of the yellow paint applied to NP R-40-23 models. All of the color photos I have of NP ice reefers after 1940 are a light orange-yellow color like the attached photo. But many models have been produced with yellow paint. Are there any good COLOR photos of these R-40-23 cars when they were new, or reasonably new?
On 9/26/2019 5:46 PM, Fred Jansz wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Tony Thompson
I agree with Tim, and I have asked previously on this list about NP reefer color, especially whether and when it changed from yellow to light orange. No answer.
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Tony Thompson
On Sep 26, 2019, at 3:35 PM, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
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Tom Madden
Here are two WestRail reefers I started over 25 years ago but never finished. Followed Richard's instructions for paint & lettering. The cars are pretty crude by today's standards but Richard called for the same paint on both the PFE and NP versions IIRC - Floquil SP Daylight Orange.
Tom Madden
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Greg Martin
Interesting subject as I just founx the original master for this car just last weekend. Greg Martin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: "Tom Madden via Groups.Io" <pullmanboss@...> Date: 9/26/19 8:02 PM (GMT-08:00) To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] NP R23 clone reefer Tom Madden Attachments: -- Hey Boss, Somehow I got deleted from this group in late May. I guess someone didn't like me. Jail is a lonely place. Greg Martin
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Tim O'Connor
I have a surprising number of color shots of PFE post-1950 repaints (two B&W heralds) that show BLACK ends and possibly black roofs as well on some cars. Intermountain did later releases of the NP steel reefers in what I thought was a reasonably good rendition of the NP "yellowish orange". Model photos taken with a flash can definitely affect the color and maybe that's why the models appear to be yellow? Tim
On 9/26/2019 11:02 PM, Tom Madden via Groups.Io wrote:
Here are two WestRail reefers I started over 25 years ago but never finished. Followed Richard's instructions for paint & lettering. The cars are pretty crude by today's standards but Richard called for the same paint on both the PFE and NP versions IIRC - Floquil SP Daylight Orange. --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Fred Jansz
Thanks guys.
Found the answer: "The slogan came into use in 1947 early in the production of the R-40-23 clones. The first 30 or 40 of the NP cones were delivered without the slogan, while the rest were delivered with them". About the color; Looks like the 'North Coast Ltd'-car is a 1950 R25-clone with slightly more orangish-yellow and RED ends & blk roof. NP might have switched from yellow on the R23's to more orange on the R25's? The IM picture IMHO is a bit too bright, but this could be light conditions. Later IM cars I've seen are less bright, but these could be the R25 clones w. NC slogan I ran the prototype pictures through Photoshop and you can see #72 is brighter than the later R25 clones (the white of the Nomad logo being the reference). That said, the PFE car at right is defenitely orange. cheers, Fred Jansz npin53: thanks for posting that gorgeous picture! Ran it through Photoshop and now have my doubts about the roof being black. Ends yes, defenitely, but roof seems red to me... compared to the black ends.
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Fred Jansz
Here's the larger version of the PS'd NP91072.
Compare the color of the hatch isolation with roof and ends; roof has a different hue. Now the Q is: who has a picture of such a reefer without the slogan? Must be below 91040 I guess. Fred Jansz
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Tim O'Connor
Fred, My notes say it's not a PFE reefer with the NP reefer, but an MDT reefer. But I don't know where I came up with that... But PFE and MDT oranges were pretty close in any case.
On 9/27/2019 2:06 AM, Fred Jansz wrote:
Thanks guys. --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Fred Jansz
The more I look at it, the more I'm convinced the roof wasn't black.
Maybe not even red, but could it have been silver-gray? Take a look at this enlargement. Hope someone can find a color picture of a similar or earlier car. cheers, Fred Jansz
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Todd Sullivan
Hmmm, in the photo, the tone of the roof looks pretty close to the tone of the red in the NP herald.
Todd Sullivan.
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The car color was called Chrome Yellow. I always try to match it to school bus yellow. Testers does have a chrome Yellow in its product line.
The 1949 built NP reefers with the diagonal panel roofs, were bare galvanized with brown ends. As for the 1947 cars, mine will be black until someone proves it otherwise, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Black car cement reflected light different than paint. Aaron Gjermundson
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Donald B. Valentine
Hi folks, I agree that the ends look black and the roof red to me but the white in the monad herald b may seem "whiter" in the newer herald only because there is more white in the larger size herald. I'm not convinced it is different but may only appear to be. YMMV. Cordially, Don Valentine
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Lets stir the pot some more.....On the far left, there is a patch of differently shaded paint on the hatch covers.
Is this mineral red paint over black? Black paint over black car cement? I don't think it is black over red. Just because it appears darker, doesn't mean that it is. I think it is more glossy than the flatter finish in the hatch and roof color. Aaron Gjermundson
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Nelson Moyer
That’s overspray from painting the roof seams. There is overspray on the running board at the center of all of the roof seams as well, as seen in the earlier photos. Apparently, the seams were sprayed the same color as the ends, but the rest of the galvanized roof was left unpainted.
Nelson Moyer
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Lets stir the pot some more.....On the far left, there is a patch of differently shaded paint on the hatch covers?
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np328
Aaron is right about the Chrome Yellow on the car. Chrome Yellow was also the color used on NP semaphore blades.
Fred, I will agree that the tones you posted look different from the top vs the end. I believe (fingers crossed) that the roofs had granular grit (forgot the corporate name) and that well might throw off the light reflection to appear different. I know I posted something a ways back and Tony responded that the granules could be ordered in different colors. Does anyone see a shiny surface reflection off the roof the way the black paint is elsewhere? I do not. Fred take the photo enlargement you supplied, https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/attachment/167035/0/Schermafbeelding%202019-09-27%20om%2019.26.53.png OK, within the red circle, look on top of the two ladders were they curve inward to attach to the car. The one from the car side on the left reflects the light differently than the one on the right. My feeling is that what is being judged as red is the manner that light particles scatter off an uneven surface, like granules. However, black. I agree with Aaron on the roof, black, as that is what an NP 1944 color charts states: Metal roofs - black. I need to run over to the MNHS and relook up the builders specs and see how many gallons of paint and which colors were listed and if indeed, a granular coat put on the roof. Perhaps that will happen this year. I have a few (paying) research requests I have to get to first. Not that this is unimportant to me, and Aaron. Tony T, if I had solid, verifiable data to add, I would have responded. Some other externalities that factor in. 1. From 1940 to 1947 includes WWII, which could affect paint colors, or paint chemical ingredients. NP changed their designation of what was to be painted silver (aluminum paint) during the war the war to white, and changed it back after the war. This may have affected reefer paint also, however until factual evidence is found, that is just a guess. 2. Human nature. In files regarding "paint" I found a letter from an NP VP to local division HQ asking about some semaphore blades being Canary Yellow. After checking back came the reply that the blades were badly in need of repainting and the store-master was out of the regular paint and sent the first thing he could get that was close. Several months later, when the correct paint was re-obtained, all these blades were repainted. I would hate to think if someone had a photo of this isolated incident going "Look! Proof!" without the prior letters explaining how this came about. 3. See the attached sheet, it lists eleven different paint suppliers. Does anyone think that (a) these were an exact match or (b) these weathered uniformly? Much earlier than the date of the attachment, one 1920s sheet lists as many as 23 suppliers. I showed a photo looking back over an NP reefer consist crossing the Cascades in one of my RPM presentations: many, many, shades of reefer oranges and other colors. Combine that with Richard Hendrickson's statements about how dirty or sooty freight cars were when steam roamed freely. And so, I hesitate to get into these briar patch conversations without solid factual information. Jim Dick - Roseville, MN
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Tim O'Connor
The paint applied to these reefer roofs (and hatches) probably had "non skid" sand added to the mix and so had a flat appearance. Then stencils were added to the hatches with a gloss color (could be black or brown who knows?) background.
On 9/27/2019 6:06 PM, npin53 wrote:
Lets stir the pot some more.....On the far left, there is a patch of differently shaded paint on the hatch covers? --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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