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[Bruce Smith]

On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:00 PM, tjfenske at aol.com wrote:

> Gentlemen, Can someone please give me the proper time frame and  
> unit use (general) of Brunswick Green paint? Thank You.

Dear T.J. (or whatever your name is <G>),

The color you're thinking of was called Dark Green Locomotive Enamel  
or Dark Green Locomotive Paint (DGLE or DGLP) by the PRR.  The Penn  
Central and some manufacturers of both prototype and model paint  
chose to call it "Brunswick Green".  Fresh DGLE should look black in  
most lights but when compared to true black, it should be greener.   
If the color looks noticeably green while viewing the locomotive,  
then it is too green.  Note that DGLE weathered to a somewhat greener  
color on occasion.

DGLE was used on all locomotives from before 1929 through the end of  
the PRR and even into Penn Central, with the exception of a few  
locomotives that received Tuscan Red paint.  The frames of DGLE locos  
were painted black.  Locos that received Tuscan paint included some  
K4s, E7, E8, PA, GG1, FP7 and a switcher or two.

Four passenger cars were painted "Brunswick Green" by Pullman in the  
early 1940s and then assigned to New York Central service <G>.

Regards
Bruce

Bruce F. Smith
Auburn, AL
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2

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