All, That is the official term, PRR Freight Car Red. It is generally agreed that this color changed somewhat throughout the years, as paint manufacturing changed and improved. There was a dramatic noticeable shift with the start of the Shadow Keystone paint schemes.
A few facts. Anything that was freight equipment, including the REA X29, a few REA N5 Cabin Cars, and the Mail storage express X42 boxcar that ran ONLY in passenger and express consist, was EVER not once painted TUSCAN. No freight was equipment as ever Tuscan. No PRR cars were ever as brown as Mineral Brown. That was a standard color of another road to not be fraternized with. No PRR steam locomotives were ever painted completely black. There was a specific schedule as to what areas were black and what was Dark Green Locomotive Enamel (DGLE) informally known as Brunswick Green. This applied as well to most diesels in the PRR era. I am not completely sure what happened towards the end with late models like the SD40 and SD45. They could have been all black in preparation for Penn Central but they are past my era of interest and knowledge. You CAN notice the difference between black and DGLE especially when they are right next to each other. Email me if you are so inclined. I will send you a photo I took last year of a newly painted Baldwin (looks like a S12 but is not) where the difference is evident. For my modeling I use all Scalecoat paint. I use oxide red straight up for Circle Keystone and PRR Freight Car Red for Shadow Keystone schemes. The oxide red from Scalecoat changed a while back. It was significantly a brighter orange. It is now pretty much ready to use as is. The Brunswick Green has been a bit too green for about the past 10+ years. This is a factor as to why none of my locomotives have been finished in that time! That will hopefully change in the next few months. I am unfortunately going to have to make a large batch of a custom mix (which I HATE) to get a group of my locomotives painted. If ours brothers in the Great White North used the same colors, I say good for you! It proves what good taste you have! This should hopefully give you an idea and clear up modeler's incorrect information about painting for the Mighty PRR! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Winner of the 2007 Josh Seltzer NASG Website Award Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
