1218 window frame color

[NW Modeling List]

Red is incorrect. Orange was the color, at least to the best of my  
knowledge. The red window frames originated in 1982, when the Southern  
Steam Shops crew restored the 611, and painted the window frames in  
tuscan because they thought it looked better than the orange. They  
also wanted to paint the tires in white. Luckily, we managed to keep  
that from happening.

The rear trucks should be gloss black. The smokebox front on 1218 is  
graphite.

Ken Miller

On Apr 26, 2010, at 8:31 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:


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> From: ChBat2 at aol.com

> Date: April 26, 2010 1:27:01 PM EDT

> To: nw-modeling-list-request at nwhs.org

> Subject: 1218 window frame color

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>          Please let me know what color the window frames on the cab  

> & doghouse are, right now  in Roanoke. All the photos I see on the  

> internet are orange, but some HO models are red. Is the orange just  

> a faded red? Also, are the rear trucks on the locomotive flat black  

> or glossy black? Thanks for the help. - Chip Bates

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