i am repainting an MTH FEF 4-8-4 for 844 as it appears today. It was painted in the greyhound scheme and the stack surround is now black. Looking at pictures of 844 throughout the years it appears it has been painted silver to match the smokebox but also appears black in some photos. It doesn't appear to be just soot as the top of the smokebox around the stack is clearly silver. Did the stack surround paint alternate between silver and black or only silver and the black I am seeing is just soot?
Pete