Wooden caboose interiors

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Jim

Based on what I observed over the years, including restoration of my VGN 342, which was based on N&W plans, it was a bead board interior later covered over on many cabs with plywood sheathing, both ceiling and walls. The floors were flat tongue and groove boards with no rolled edges. 

Now on paint, that varied over time, they were originally a sort of lime green much like the passenger car interiors, then it became the suede grey (which is nasty greenish-grey paint). The green in steam locomotive cabs was a much darker, like forest green.  Now diesel cabs and interiors were the same suede grey paint.

When I restored 342, I found the original interior paint was a true battleship grey, that color was inside a box that had only been repainted one time, to suede grey.

Ken Miller
On Sep 22, 2015, at 9:00 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> What was used for the interior walls on wooden cabooses (CF in particular)?  Was is board and batten, bead board, the same as used for the exterior sheathing or something else entirely?  How about the floors and ceilings?  Were they painted that light mint green color that was used for steam locomotive cab interiors?
> Jim Cochran
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