Further to my earlier posts, I received a picture from a good friend and
author, James A. Brown, taken from the cab of a CPR 2-8-0 at Leaside ON in
pusher service in 1955 The window frame appears to be painted the
standard "Chinese Red" as it was called. In the Merrillees material we
went through, were some colour samples which we took to the Benjamin Moore
laboratory. The red sample there was the standard "Chinese Red" according
to the technician.
Jim Little, MMR
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:12 PM Jim Little <jlittletrains@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rob;
There were some colour chips as well. I lent them to one of the fellows
in CPHA Exec. but can't remember if they came out west with me or not. As
a kid, I used to ride my bike past Merrillee's yard just up from the West
Toronto Diamonds. I wish now I had gone in and probably gotten chased out
by him! In the early 1990's I went in one day with my daughter ( she was 3
or 4!) and talked with the then owner, Bob Stuart. He used to be
Merrillee's neighbour and inherited the business when Andrew died in the
1980's ( at a RR auction I was told by someone in Public Archives). Bob
permitted me ( along with Richard McQuade) to go thru everything that was
still there, and borrow anything for copying! It took us about a year to
get it all listed going roughly a day a week. This was AFTER Public
Archives had taken 650 boxes ( given a value of $1,000 each) out of the
place! It became the largest private collection in the Public Archives a
person there told me.
The material we listed ended up going to Ottawa and the then NMST (not
sure what it is called today). The material there was everything from
Porter loco drawings, to pen and ink drawings on linen for Ma & Pa or
Pennsy RR, to Loco builder and number plates (The round DAR one in Omer's
steam book with the crown on top was there!) ., to glass plate negatives
and numerous photographs, to numerous decals of virtually every RR in the
British Commonwealth! It was an unbelievable treasure trove.
Jim
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:02 PM Robert kirkham <rdkirkham@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Jim – that boxcar colour interests me – as does the coach floor and
tuscan. Do you know if samples or chips for the colours made their way to
Merilees?
Rob
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*Subject:* [cpha] Re: Steam Engine Cab Windows
Jon;
There's no date on the paper, but it was probably written in the 1950's,
so I'm not sure how far back it goes. I'll try to attach a copy of it.
Jim Little, MMR
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 5:50 AM Jon <jon.makar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Mar 31, 2020, at 1:04 AM, Jim Little <jlittletrains@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Years ago, we came across some writing in the Merrillee's collection
which didn't go to the Public Archives which stated the cab windows were
#15 Mahogany (International or Pittsburgh) . It was attributed to a E W
Drinwell, General Master Painter, Rm 500, Windsor Station, CPR.
Jim Little, MMR
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 9:44 PM Brent Ciccone <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am painting a CP steam engine circa 1926, looking at the black and
white pictures I can’t tell if the cab windows were painted black or red. I
believe that post 1930’s they were trimmed in red, but with the earlier
lettering schemes I can’t tell.
Brent
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