06-22-2010, 09:44 AM
Was repainting much faster in the days of mostly wooden rolling stock? I ask because (admittedly a non-North-American example) I know that British rolling stock in pre-1923 schemes was rare by 1940 and gone shortly afterwards. Some other claims I've heard about DB (West Germany) and, closer to home, the Santa Fe suggest this was typical.
Fan of late and early Conrail... also 40s-50s PRR, 70s ATSF, BN and SP, 70s-80s eastern CN, pre-merger-era UP, heavy electric operations in general, dieselized narrow gauge, era 3/4 DB and DR, EFVM and Brazilian railroads in general... too many to list!