I am finishing up my Forney project and decided to go with the wood cab version of the C-16. I have been looking at pics of wood cab prototypes but most are in B&W. Were wood cabs typically painted on the exterior or just varnished?
-Brian
Yeah they got painted…
So when was the major change from wood to steel? I know to the end of steam there were some very old engines that had been upgraded through their time in service, but there had to be a time when metal took over for strength, safety, plus ease of maintenance.
Terry A de C Foley said:
However, some got varnished.tac
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I was gonna say that but this is not my territory. I have seen pictures and documentation to such in my Cumberland Valley RR history book.