![]() Similarly, here's a look at a Budd 10-6 and diner where the roof may appear to be painted black however, this is only the build-up of grime: You can see that the roof "almost" looks painted but that is simply an accumulation of road grime. ![]() Here's a look at three former NYC Budd cars now under Penn Central ownership. Some railroads stripped off the fluted sheathing and made repairs, others merely scrapped the car earlier than expected. The Pullman and ACF built cars suffered from severe corrosion beneath the stainless steel sheathing as water migrated between the sheathing and the steel side sheets. Many of the post-war passenger car orders were so backed up that in some cases it took two to three years to fill an order thus the railroads bought from several builders in order to fulfill the demand for new equipment.īudd-built cars were made entirely of stainless steel and this method proved to add considerably to their longevity, many in service even after Amtrak assumed ownership. The car cleaning machinery generally did not scrub the roof of the cars so the grime continued to build up. The Budd roof was not originally painted and they, too, became crusted with soot and road grime until they appeared to have a black roof coating but in reality they were not coated in any way until some developed leaks in later years. Over time this appeared as a grimy black. Pullman Standard, American Car & Foundry, Pressed Steel and others used a flat sheet steel roof which was usually painted with an asphalt-based paint. In quite general terms, you are correct that the fluted stainless steel roof is the product of the Edward G.
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