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Nostalgia & History > CR---did they paint over the dirt?Date: 11/18/19 03:51 CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: ghemr Something went wrong when this unit was in the shop getting it's blue paint. Maybe they didn't powerwash it first? Cheap paint? I guess we'll never know......
CR 8147 and 7836 westbound in Dolton, IL on 9-18-82  Date: 11/18/19 04:08 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: exhaustED Just looks like simple corrosion of a pretty old paint job when a locomotive is exposed to a frequently wet climate.
Date: 11/18/19 07:00 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: SP8595 Wow! Never seen a Conrail engine look that bad!
Date: 11/18/19 08:20 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: SP4360 Looks like some water based paint they got on the cheap.
Date: 11/18/19 10:21 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: overniteman Newark, New Jersey.
February, 1989.  Date: 11/18/19 10:42 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: EL-SD45-3632 Early repaints were rushed Thru the shops and the end result is what you see. I also had a friend that worked in the paint shop and the units were very quickly washed and sent to the paint booth.
Date: 11/18/19 11:08 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: exhaustED SP4360 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like some water based paint they got on the > cheap. They didn't have water-based paints then. Date: 11/18/19 13:01 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: refarkas Thanks for the laugh. There is a prototype for everything!
Bob Date: 11/18/19 16:55 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: EL833 Definitely an early "rushed" paint job. You can plainly see the Penn Central lettering showing through. As mentioned, sometimes little prep was done other than a quick wash job- you could actually peel large sections of blue paint off (saw that done once lol).
Roger Durfee Akron, OH Date: 11/18/19 17:30 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: EL3600 Poor surface preparation.
Date: 11/18/19 17:45 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: HotWater Another alternative might be, that unit had a souping problem, i.e. oil out of the exhaust stack/stacks, and all that black crap may just be ON the paint, and NOT peeled off paint.
Date: 11/19/19 07:18 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: LV95032 They didn't use water based paint ..... its a surface preparation issue.
SP4360 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like some water based paint they got on the > cheap. Date: 11/20/19 19:55 Re: CR---did they paint over the dirt? Author: davew833 HotWater Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Another alternative might be, that unit had a > souping problem, i.e. oil out of the exhaust > stack/stacks, and all that black crap may just be > ON the paint, and NOT peeled off paint. Probably not souping since you can read the Penn Central underneath. |