Union Pacific 844 Stack color?

This is the last time I filmed her. Can post video also if you need it. Don

Here is the video we took. Don

Best to look for photos of her when she was two-tone gray. I must admit that I don't remember what the exhaust stack shroud was painted back then. When she was returned to black, and especially after the big firebox replacement of 2000 thru 2005, when she was returned to service the exhaust stack was black, and I'm pretty sure it still is today.

Thats good to know. I am repainting it black. Not having to try and match the silver/graphite MTH used on the smokebox would save a lot of time.

Thanks Don. Looks black in pics. 

Pete

Pete -- looking at pictures posted on railpictures.com of the 844, it looks like the current (as of the Golden Spike ceremony last May) version of the smoke stack surround is black, but it looks to me like the boiler in front of the sand dome and the smoke stack itself are grey, here:  https://railpictures.net/photo/693454/ and here:  https://railpictures.net/photo/699114/.  It occurs to me that since it double headed with 4014 going out to the GS ceremony, you will likely see it in the multitude of videos shot of the 4014/844 in May, some of which were taken by drones or from vantage points looking down on the train... so you might be able to better see the top portion of the boiler, etc.

Rich, I am calling the smokebox color silver but what MTH used for the smokebox color is something between silver and gray. I will likely live it though its likely not an exact match.

Pete

A few more I hope these added to your needs. I grabbed these from my share folder on my iPad. I have years of shots of 844 2003 - 2019 with 4014 that might be able to identify variations  

With 4014