nbrodar wrote:
Dave,
You are correct. PRR locos were Dark Locomotive Green. But it seemed as merger day grew closer DLG grew blacker.
Nick
I quite agree. If PC stuck -- or got stuck -- with the old PRR livery (not Tuscan Red, the other one), most of the locos (such as GG-1) would have been "Brunswick Green," the dry martini of black: something like 13-14 parts black and one part field green. If the motive power were clean, and if the light were good, at the right angle the Brunswickers would give off a subtle irridescence, like a Japanese beetle. Some of the diesels were in such bad shape that after being dragged thru their fumes, the exterior would probably BE black!
OTOH, I remember in the summer of 1969 (pre-receivership, but already in deep trouble), the GG-1 on our Wash - NYPenn train had been painted black. No irridescence. No sheen at all. And that ugly "PC" stencil (shudder).
