PRR 7203 + 4

Tue Aug 27 16:55:03 EDT 2019

The problem is that Athearn (and other hobby companies) used a shade of paint that was much more green than the prototype Pennsy color. So this is why we think the real engines are black. Well, it is ALMOST black; but in the right light there is a greenish cast.
Jim Nichols
    On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 03:10:27 PM CDT, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  

 #yiv3111680272 #yiv3111680272 -- _filtered #yiv3111680272 {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv3111680272 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv3111680272 #yiv3111680272 p.yiv3111680272MsoNormal, #yiv3111680272 li.yiv3111680272MsoNormal, #yiv3111680272 div.yiv3111680272MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv3111680272 a:link, #yiv3111680272 span.yiv3111680272MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv3111680272 a:visited, #yiv3111680272 span.yiv3111680272MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv3111680272 span.yiv3111680272EmailStyle17 {font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv3111680272 .yiv3111680272MsoChpDefault {font-family:sans-serif;} _filtered #yiv3111680272 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv3111680272 div.yiv3111680272WordSection1 {}#yiv3111680272 Hi Jim, Yes, the color is more black than green.  The PRR called it “Dark Green Locomotive Enamel” (DGLE) or sometimes “Dark Green Locomotive Paint” (DGLP).  I don’t know where the name “Brunswick Green” originated, but it almost certainly did not originate with the PRR, or al least that’s my understanding.  Fresh and in the right light, it’s basically black with a greenish cast to it.  Sometimes it weathered to a more greenish color, again in the right light.  If you were to look at a PRR locomotive in DGLE next to say a black CR locomotive in good light, I think you’d able to see the difference.  Pax,  Ralph Brown
Portland, Maine
PRRT&HS No. 3966
NMRA No. L2532

rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com
 From: NW Modeling List Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 2:53 PMTo: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org Subject: PRR 7203 + 4 
I found this on-line; no description.  Anyone got a suggestion based on limited background?  I finally located an Athearn PRR 7203 but it’s in “Brunswick Green” or whatever PRR called it.  Although weathered in photo, the body appears more on the black side than green.

Jim King

http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/

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