Yes and No... What era are you referring to...? As usual, when it comes to prototype painting, there are no "rules". I have never seen an NYC P&L drawing specifying black roofs, but they sure existed.
As built and painted in "Freight Car Brown", the cabooses did not have black roofs. Later they started to appear, my guess is it was tar, not paint, to seal leaks. In the 60's when they started repainting to Pacemaker Green and cigar band heralds, the incidence of black roofs increased - maybe more of them leaked as PennCentral and bankruptcy loomed. <G> Best to get photos (Bob's Photo is a great source) and work from there on specific car numbers. Some pacemaker green cabooses did have the top of the bay window painted white as an indication of 'pooled' service. Jim K. --- In [email protected], "thebrassbasher" <thebrassbas...@...> wrote: > > Did the NYC bay window cabooses have the roofs painted black? > > Rusty > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
