We at Wasatch have just finished another 15 inch Cagney restoration. Typically, these locomotives are painted black, which we have come to find is not original. You will notice in these attached photos that the jacket is actually a grayish color. The jacket was originally a form of Russian Iron, which is not a paint color in and of itself. We can no longer get sheets of Russian Iron large enough to do full jackets.
In this case, we took a piece of the Russian Iron and had DuPont look at the color. Using a spectra master color matching computer, we matched a color nearly identical to the original Russian Iron.
The other items on the locomotive such as running boards, cab colors and pilot deck are actually a soft blue, which when done originally was done as a Chroming process, not a paint process. Chroming is done through a dip process. Back in the day, you could order blue chrome, black chrome and I am told a version of red chrome, though I am yet to see a real sample of red chrome.
The locomotive shown will be at Train Festival this next week along with two other Wasatch restorations. We will be giving away items at the show. Please mention that you follow us on RYPN!
Hope to see all of you at the show!
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