mark wrote:
> 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
> <snip>
> 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.
>
> mark
Yes, and road dirt, too, which is why in the Good Old Days engine crew
wiped down the engine as often as possible, with an oily rag, which gave
a nice glossy sheen.
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wolf k.
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