PRR 7203 + 4

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Hello All,
Brunswick green was the colour British Rail called the dark green it
painted passenger steam engines from the early 1950's, nothing like the PRR
near black. No idea where the name came from, perhaps Germany.
Regards
Richard Hood
England

On Wed, 28 Aug 2019, 12:04 NW Modeling List, <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> I've heard the PRR DGLE was simply black paint with just enough green
> thrown in to keep employees from using it to touch up their black cars.
> Even PRR steam engines were technically DGLE.
>
> Marty Flick
>
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> Sent: Tuesday August 27 2019 4:02:56PM
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>
> 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 PM
> *To:* 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/>http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/
>
>
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