P. Roehling wrote:
> "Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote
>
>>> I've been trainwatching for something like 61 years now, and so far I
>>> have yet to see my first clean freight train.
>>
>> Keep in mind that most freight trains aren't super dirty, either. It
>> depends on your modeling area, of course, but rail cars do get washed
by
>> the rain.
>>
>> Sometimes a little dullcote is all you need...
>
> And sometimes one *does* see new -or freshly painted- rolling stock. But
> that's only "sometimes" -not "often". Most freight trains contain
multiple
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Also, I would think that a real steam loco, no matter how recently washed,
would, in the course of not many miles, would start showing soot, at
least.
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