I guess this post is for Ed Hawkins, but here's the question: Is there
a way to find out what a railroad color looked like? I have an ACF
drawing with a paint spec of Gidden Co. MGL-8319 Red freight car paint.
I'd like to know how red it was.
Thanks,
Clark Propst

On Jul 26, 2007, at 2:56 PM, rockroll50401 wrote:

I guess this post is for Ed Hawkins, but here's the question: Is there
a way to find out what a railroad color looked like? I have an ACF
drawing with a paint spec of Gidden Co. MGL-8319 Red freight car
paint.
I'd like to know how red it was.

Clark,
The AC&F paint specs in the bills of materials normally do not give the
paint number for shades of freight car red. Typically all that's
specified is a paint color and brand name, such as Glidden Synthetic
Freight Car Red, C.R. Long Twincoat Finish Red, or Frazer Cartex Ready
Mix Brown. In some cases a brand name isn't even specified; just a
generic identity of "red freight car paint." I've seen some paint
numbers specified, but when this occurs the paint color is something
other than a shade of freight car red. For example, there's a lot of
tank cars and some covered hopper cars that received DuPont #25055
Gray.
Regards,
Ed Hawkins

The AC&F paint specs in the bills of materials normally do not give

the

paint number for shades of freight car red.
Regards,
Ed Hawkins

Thanks Ed, but this spec was for red freight car paint not freight
car red paint. I was just wondering if there was a way to reference
the color.
Clark Propst

The Glidden Company still make paint; but judging by their website,
their current product codes aren't in the same format as "MGL-8319".
Might try asking them.

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.