CORRECT ATHEARN PAINT

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hi,

I have several Athearn blue box four stripe F7’s A’s and B’s painted in yellow, and an Athearn RTR F7 A/B set painted orange. Which is correct, and if neither one, what would be the correct color?

Thanks

Roger

DENVER PUEBLO & SOUTHERN

“THE JOINT LINE”

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What Railroad?

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Rio Grande??

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If they’re Rio Grande, they might both be right, although you probobly shouldn’t listin to me; ask a Rio Grande fan; I’m probobly wrong.

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‘RIO GRAND’ ENGINES used different paint schemes at different times.

One was an ‘orangy’ yellow with black stripes, and later silver replacing the stripes. The Alcos were in Yellow & Silver, Later yet, black & orange GP-40s pulled the CZ when I lived in Denver

Looks like you’ll have one engine from a different era - or is that ‘error’?

ASK JIM.

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Athearn occasionally has an error in their paint schemes. The one I’m thinking of, are those green Pennsylvania RR F units. PRR used DGLE (Dark Green Locomotive Enamel) or “Brunswick Green” on their units. That color was pretty close to black. Yet, the Athearn engines are much lighter than that.