--- In [email protected], "thebrassbasher" <thebrassbas...@...> wrote:
>
> .... I have several
> bottles of paint from the same paint manufacture. All were purchased within
> a five year
> period. The labels all say "PRR freight car red", but there are three
> different colors in the
> bunch. I guess maybe the PRR never could decide what color they would use?
> No, the
> supplier keeps changing me thinks....
> Rusty
>
Rusty,
Actually both are true. There was a definite evolution of PRR's paint
colors, especially
on the freight side. A look at a color photo of PRR cars will show a wide
variation of
shades within the same photograph. Of course the model paint manufacturers are
always
changing. On purpose or otherwise! I remember back in my less enlightened
days using
Floquil "Tuscan" on anything PRR. Of course the freight equipment should have
been
"Freight Car Color", a browner shade, and the passenger cars should have been
"Tuscan
Red", a vastly different shade than the Floquil stuff made for SP freight cars.
Lately, we
have a broader choice of "PRR appropriate" colors. We even have a committee
from the
historical society that advises paint manufacturers. They have discovered that
PRR fans
are a marketing force to be reckoned with. ;~) Now, if you want to hear about
my trials
with the "Grays" of NYC, just let me know. :~0
Jamie Bothwell
Bethlehem, PA
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