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djconway

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Wait - that's not the right color.
« on: April 18, 2016, 11:27:12 PM »
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Did a little bit of railfanning today and came across these two. 
One of these is the wrong color :scared:

No wonder model makers can't get the colors right.

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Re: Wait - that's not the right color.
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2016, 01:54:50 AM »
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Ever see how many shades of GN Big Sky Blue there were at merger time?  The oldest were only three years old, and it seemed that every freight car was a different shade.  Passenger cars and locomotives were more consistent, but for freight cars "close enough" really is close enough.
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Re: Wait - that's not the right color.
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2016, 11:07:12 AM »
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Even at start-up BN couldn't muster a consistent BN green, and it ranged from Kelly to olive, verging on Weyerhaeuser, green.
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