caboose NW 518676 painting, c31p

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Not trying to be unpleasant Just trying  to get it right. like i said I had
never seen a picture of a blue 518767 cab. I have seen lots of pictures of
it in red from 1975 and its faded. This means it had to be painted between
1970 and 74. There is no record of that in the maintenance log. All other
cabooses with numbers really close to that 518675 show it in the records
when they were painted red. So hopefully you can see my dilemma and why I
wanted proof, I just wanted it to be right. Once again I THANK you for all
your work and input you put into this matter and for all the work you do to
maintain the records. Believe Me I do understand how much work and time it
takes to run a nonprofit.

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> For what it's worth,
> I read the number from the photo and then saw that matched the email.
> Cheers,
> David Baker
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025, 3:47 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> Wow, The picture plainly shows the 518676
>> In N&W blue. And as far as the windows are concerned that arrangement was
>> greatly changed over the years. I don't know much but I do know to date I
>> have currently been involved in returning three C31 cabs back to their
>> original window configuration.  The best thing you can do is restore the
>> caboose to its current configuration unless you un-plate the covered
>> windows and just go with red.
>>
>> Rick, Roanoke  va
>>
>>
>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S10, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> Date: 6/3/25 3:06 PM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> Subject: Re: caboose NW 518676 painting, c31p
>>
>> 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
>>> <https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=128347>
>>>
>>> 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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