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Email Walthers and ask them what the paint match is. They might even be nice and send you a jar. Just sayin'...
I've used both paints in the past and even some others I can't remember. Look at color photos of PRR passenger cars (and locos and freight for that matter) and most times they looked like they used a different paint. Time, grime, which shop painted the cars, etc could lead to different hues on tuscn red paint so I wouldn't worry about getting exact matches on all your cars.Check the paint on difference model manufactures - Kato Broadway Limited cars don't look the same as IM PRR cars.
Nothing can get a fight started between PRR fans than what color they painted equipment. Do a check here because I think it's been covered a few times in the past. l always called it Tuscan Red. There are some boxcar brown model railroad paints which even come close if you add a little red to it. Maroon looks a little too red to me for PRR. The older FOM colors has 2 tuscan colors and the one I would call maroon. You also hve to watch what paint to use for lettering. They used a gold color and then an imitation gold and they yellor for lettering over the years. Toulon red was another color used on keystones very late in PRR years.