Re: (rshsdepot) Hopkinton, MA

["Bernie Rudberg" <BRudberg_@_frontiernet.net>]

It is difficult to describe exactly what station colors were.  This is
mainly because most of the paint was mixed and tinted on the spot for each
job.  In researching the ND&C RR ( and the NY&NE ) at Hopewell Junction NY,
I found original paint instructions for the station used by the ND&C RR.
Basically it said the end product should be mostly ochre yellow with
chocolate brown trim under a slate roof.  The interior walls were to be
white with a sky blue ceiling.  Of course each time the paints were mixed it
would be slightly different shades.

I don't know if this applies to the NY&NE stations but that information came
from original ND&C RR 1884 office records.

Bernie  Rudberg   Wappingers Falls  NY  USA


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