06-05-2014, 01:32 AM
I consider to get one of my Walthers SW1 in early Conrail paint scheme.
That might be either the old black NYC paint scheme for road number 84xx or the old PRR paint scheme for road number 8501 and up (There are some exceptions in the road numbers).
I am unsure about the old PCC paint scheme used on SW1 switchers. They look black on all photos to me. But I read about DGLE "Dark Green Locomotive Enamel" as the PCC standard color. A very dark green close to black but only close.
Did PRR paint their SW1 in a very dark green or true black? I would use that as the base for an early CR SW1 switcher.
Looking at PRR SW1 at time when the paint was in better shape looks more like a none black but very dark paint. But what did Pen Central do to the NYC and PRR paint? Most NYC SW1 lost the white stripes until CR time. Did Pen Central paint NYC and possibly also PRR engines flat black?
An unmarked black ghost is in town :o
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That might be either the old black NYC paint scheme for road number 84xx or the old PRR paint scheme for road number 8501 and up (There are some exceptions in the road numbers).
I am unsure about the old PCC paint scheme used on SW1 switchers. They look black on all photos to me. But I read about DGLE "Dark Green Locomotive Enamel" as the PCC standard color. A very dark green close to black but only close.
Did PRR paint their SW1 in a very dark green or true black? I would use that as the base for an early CR SW1 switcher.
Looking at PRR SW1 at time when the paint was in better shape looks more like a none black but very dark paint. But what did Pen Central do to the NYC and PRR paint? Most NYC SW1 lost the white stripes until CR time. Did Pen Central paint NYC and possibly also PRR engines flat black?
An unmarked black ghost is in town :o
Reinhard