The gray roof lasted longer than you probably realize as a gray, very dirty roof. I was educated quite thoroughly on this point by Lackawanna historian Bob Bahrs. The black roofs started being painted as such in 1954 if I am remember correctly from the research. The "Radio Equipped" lettering, for its stated reason, started being applied then as well. Same for the emergency light. So the units remained as deliver for longer than most people assume. It has more to do with the increasing number of photographs taken of them after the units received the modifications than before. You simply see more of them in their modified state. The lesson is, check photographs from the time of the locomotives you wish to portray. The "as delivered" scheme affords the greatest use by modelers, adding the nose light, the "Radio Equipped" lettering and shooting a coat of black paint on the roofs are all easy mods most modelers can handle. Removing them, or matching the gray to cover a black roof would be much more difficult. Will Shultz Tim wrote: >Very true, however the gray roof didn't last long and the lower light was >added around the same time the roof was painted black. > >Tim > > > > > > ------------------------------
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