Maybe some can help on this. I know that many Baldwin locomotives delivered in the early 1900's came with olive paint on the boilers. How about Rogers, Cooke or Schenectady/Alco? I'm modeling a shortline who's equipment was well maintained and had mainly Schenectadys with a few Baldwins but saw interchange with others that had Rodgers and Cooke locomotives. Even by 1920 some the older 4-4-0s and 4-6-0s in passenger service looked almost new. From the pictures I have I can't really tell what colors may have been used. Was is common to maintain the original paint during the 1920's or did they mostly just go with black when it was time for a paint job? How often would new paint be needed to keep a steam locomotive looking new? Bruce
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