QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Martin: By sheer coincidence the very first mention I ever read in print of aluminum or graphite smokebox fronts being there to increase visibility I read last night -- but the source wasn't one I'd regard as authoritative. Perhaps a steam expert can tell us why that concept has not appeared until now in the one gazillion pages of railroading literature I've read to date. I'm not saying it's incorrect, just that I want some primary source data for confirmation. My understanding is that it was purely decorative, and its roots date to the pre-1880 era when locomotives were works of art. After all, if it's grade -crossing visibility that's required, a lit headlight would help much more, and that wasn't required in daytime until (Old Timer or Overmod fills in date in 1950s here).
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by garyaiki CB&Q 5632 was painted gold for the bicentenial. The boiler is matte gold and the smokebox is shiny gold. Other pictures show 5632's smoke box in different shades from dark gray to light silver but never the same paint as the boiler.
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by garyaiki CB&Q 5632 was painted gold for the bicentenial. The boiler is matte gold and the smokebox is shiny gold. Other pictures show 5632's smoke box in different shades from dark gray to light silver but never the same paint as the boiler. I have never seen anything like this except on a model railroad. [:0] I have a color post card of this very same CB&Q engine in the gold paint, which I purchased through an e-bay auction. It's an awful shame that #5632 ended up going to the scrapper's torch over a dispute involving her costs of storage![*^_^*]
QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert I always thought that it was a mixture of graphite and grease.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by garyaiki CB&Q 5632 was painted gold for the bicentenial. The boiler is matte gold and the smokebox is shiny gold. Other pictures show 5632's smoke box in different shades from dark gray to light silver but never the same paint as the boiler. I have never seen anything like this except on a model railroad. [:0] I have a color post card of this very same CB&Q engine in the gold paint, which I purchased through an e-bay auction. It's an awful shame that #5632 ended up going to the scrapper's torch over a dispute involving her costs of storage![*^_^*]
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