caboose NW 518676 painting, c31p

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Mr. Brust

Your tone here is a bit off-putting to those of us who are trying to help you. Jimmy Lisle and myself are both knowledgeable. Plus, you did not sign your post.

The photos are not posted as high resolution simply because we do not provide copies for free. It costs a lot of money to keep our website up, and the 7,000 square foot archives building, we sell copies to help pay for that. Not everything on the internet is available for free.

The detail of when the 518676 was painted is not in any of the records Bob Bowers had when he put the database together. We do not have every detail of what the railroad did. You also have to remember this is all-volunteer.

In his book on N&W Cabooses, Bob Bowers wrote about the various paint scheme, the C-31 class, numbered from 518500 to 518699,was ordered from International Car Company, and delivery began in December 1968 through February 1970. The cabooses were delivered in N&W No. 23 Blue with yellow scotchlite lettering and safety striping on the ends. The running gear was black.

I will point you to the archives listing depicting an International Car Company drawing for the stenciling dated November 1968 of these cars at:
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=221651

In addition, I also went back yp and pulled the slide that Joe Shaw referenced and scanned it; here is the excerpt from it. I hope all this will be sufficient to prove that this cab was in blue.


Ken Miller

> On Jun 3, 2025, at 2:19 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> I can't tell anything from that picture, can't tell if it has enough windows in it even. 
> The maintenance log doesn't say it was repainted and the other cabooses that i have looked at their  maintenance logs tell when they were painted. It was red in 1974 so were is the proof it was blue. I would need a good picture.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> Here is a picture of 518676 in blue:  Slide - RB03413
> 
> Also see the late Bob Bowers history timeline for 518676: https://www.nwhs.org/data/caboose/view.php?ID=658
> Let us know where it is now and we can update the disposition.
> Joe Shaw
> 
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> When NW changed the colors of their cabooses from blue to red did they sandblast or strip the blue paint first? This caboose is very faded red now and I can't find any hint of blue under the paint or primer. All the info I can find seems to point to the fact that this caboose was always red. I think this caboose was always red but a couple people think it was blue. Thanks for all your help!!!!
> 
> Art Brust
> Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation
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