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Unless the literature and data I previously read on the WMATA cars was incorrect, the brown stripes and red/white/blue end stripes, at least on the Rohr cars, were not paint, but were made of decal material. This was allegedly done to save money and have a more "durable" medium for the color added to the cars. Why would WMATA need a purpose-built paint facility if this was the case, especially with stainless steel or brushed aluminum car bodies? Were the subsequent deliveries (Breda, CAFS, etc.) painted and not decaled? Was my original info incorrect, or did WMATA decide to paint the brown stripes once the decals deteriorated instead of going the route of applying new decals?
I maybe wrong as hell at to what type of method was used to apply the brown on the 1k cars. My recollection was that was paint. In the late 1980s the brown began to delaminate from the aluminum car body like some automotive coatings peel from a cars.
As to why would WMATA need a purpose built paint facility. WMATA has a number of non revenue pieces of rolling stock that are painted. I believe they have a make shift paint booth in the (FMC) Facilities Maintenance Center building in Alexandria Yard.
Unless the literature and data I previously read on the WMATA cars was incorrect, the brown stripes and red/white/blue end stripes, at least on the Rohr cars, were not paint, but were made of decal material. This was allegedly done to save money and have a more "durable" medium for the color added to the cars. Why would WMATA need a purpose-built paint facility if this was the case, especially with stainless steel or brushed aluminum car bodies? Were the subsequent deliveries (Breda, CAFS, etc.) painted and not decaled? Was my original info incorrect, or did WMATA decide to paint the brown stripes once the decals deteriorated instead of going the route of applying new decals?
I maybe wrong as hell at to what type of method was used to apply the brown on the 1k cars. My recollection was that was paint. In the late 1980s the brown began to delaminate from the aluminum car body like some automotive coatings peel from a cars.
As to why would WMATA need a purpose built paint facility. WMATA has a number of non revenue pieces of rolling stock that are painted. I believe they have a make shift paint booth in the (FMC) Facilities Maintenance Center building in Alexandria Yard.
John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.
