Roof Color

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Jeremy

The absolute details of the paint schemes are virtually unavailable records. Jim Brewer did a detailed analysis of depot paint schemes with available documentation in the Arrow, Volume 14, No. 6, November-December 1998, the documentation begins for that material in 1947.

Tim Hensley researched depot paint a number of years back, which lead to the painting of the replica Matewan, WV depot. He took color samples off the still existing depot on the former 12-Pole line at Dingess. Those samples were a dark red-brown trim, cream or pale yellow body and the same dark red-brown roof. No company documentation has surfaced, so far, to give us details of exact color.

The roofs were always painted, they would rust if not.

Best
Ken Miller

> On Jul 15, 2018, at 4:17 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon,
> I’m working on building a couple of station models.  Both will have metal roofs, per photos, and I know the main colors for the stations are white with black trim.  (I’m modeling 1927).  I need to know, though, if the roof colors should be natural metal or if the N&W was coating or painting them?
> 
> Thanks!
> Jeremy Dummler
> Wauconda, IL
> 
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