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October 27, 2015 at 11:24 pm #5564Charles DuckworthParticipant
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While going through Ray Curl’s collection yesterday I found a card from the
Mopac Mechanical Department covering the paint numbers for Diesel Loco’s
(Road). In reviewing the changes you’ll notice a couple of things 1) the
original blue from 1939 was changed, this hopefully explains the early color
photos of the 7000-7001 E-3’s (and E-6’s) being a lighter blue than in
photographs of E-7 through E-8’s and the PA’s.Look at Joe Collias’ book Mopac in Color page 44 of the E-6 and compare to
some of the other units. Obviously the only way to tell for sure is have
Dupont paint chips of 246-34246 and 254-55074 to see if the hues were
darker. Interior colors for all years was Suede gray Dulux 83-503. Bill
Hoss has a color slide that his neighbor took of one of the E-3’s on a
heavyweight train taken before the streamlined Eagle cars were delivered and
the blue is definitely lighter than E units delivered after 1947.Roof grey wasn’t introduced until December 1949 and for a short seven months
(9/48 to 3/49 units were to be given a clear coat.Paint Original (7000-7001 were delivered 10/22/39)
Gray 246-34245
Blue 246-34246
Yellow 246-52881
Red 246-9089-R
Black 88-005
Clear (none shown)
Aluminum 246-34793
Roof grey (none shown)Paint as of 10/47
Gray 254-34245
Blue 256-55074 (change from above)
Yellow 254-55073
Red 246-9089-R
Black 88-005
Clear (none shown)
Aluminum 246-34793
Roof grey (none shown)Paint as of 1/48
Gray 254-34245
Blue 256-55074
Yellow 254-55073
Red 246-9089-R
Black 88-005
Clear (none shown)
Aluminum 254-4202
Roof grey (none shown)Paint as of 9/48
Gray 254-34245
Blue 256-55074
Yellow 254-55073
Red 246-9089-R
Black 88-005
Clear RK-404
Aluminum 289-3935 Brush 254-3935 Spray
Roof grey (none shown)Paint as of 3/49
Gray 254-34245
Blue 256-55074
Yellow 254-55073
Red 83-1863
Black 88-005
Clear (none shown)
Aluminum 166-021 Brush 166-5947 Spray
Roof grey (none shown)Paint as of 12/49
Dupont Numbers
Gray 254-34245
Blue 256-55074
Yellow 254-55073
Red 254-9089-R
Black 254-2234
Clear (none shown)
Aluminum 289-3935 Brush 2543935 Spray
Roof grey 254-55513Paint as of 12/49
Sherwin Williams Numbers
Gray M5OAC9
Blue M50LC5
Yellow M5OHC3
Red L3 R2
Black L1 B6
Clear (none shown)
Aluminum M5OSC2 Brush M5OSC3
Roof grey M5OAC8Penned in note on the card reads “Std for all diesels D-2671-5380 1/13/55”
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