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Don Strack has an amazing job putting together D&RGW diesel painting details. Just refer to his website for now.

Steam

Aluminum Paint Trim

On 11-Nov-1941, a bulletin was issued by W. Sagsteller (CMO) ordering that the use of aluminum paint on engines was to be discontinued and replaced with standard black paint instead.1

Diesel
 

1 From a post by Jerry Day on NGDF copying the Mechnical Department letter, "No More Aluminum", 13 Apr 2010 1617h MT ⇑

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