In the late 1940s, the Santa Fe developed the "Shadow Line" paint scheme to disguise heavyweight and smooth side cars for operation in their corrugated side streamline trains. Other railroads soon copied the technique as the car manufacturers could not meet the post WWII demand for new corrugated side cars.
For the first cars I ever painted up for this scheme, I used pencil lines to simulate the stripes. Then decals started coming out. I like to think I influenced Kato to release the Pullman 6-6-4s in that scheme. I showed them this one that I did.
I seem to remember that there was a magazine article about these cars. I always thought this would make a cool model.
Sorry Box, but my photo this week is in N scale. Josta, Many thanks, much appreciated. I keep trying. I notice we don't live too far from one another. Jim
Today we finished up the first week of Rail Camp at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. This was for 5-8 year olds. We built and decorated T Trak modules over the week and then ran trains. Then they took their modules home. They also had other activities on the museum grounds and lots of spontaneous train watching. Whenever a train went by they dropped whatever they were doing to run and see it.
MikeV, Thanks. This photo is N scale. It was on my fourth layout and the only N scale one. I'm into On30 now. Jim
