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John Cole

June 08, 2019 02:01PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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I had a friend ask why locomotives had a sea foam green interior in their cabs. It seems to have started in the steam days and carried on to diesels. Is there a reason for the green, or was it on sale at the paint store?

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Locomotive cab interior color	John Cole	June 08, 2019 02:01PM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color	drgw0579	June 08, 2019 07:04PM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color	Tomstp	June 09, 2019 08:54AM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color	Mark Valerius	June 10, 2019 08:15AM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color	RDannemann	June 10, 2019 03:32PM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color	rdamurphy	June 09, 2019 09:05PM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color	ozinoz	June 10, 2019 05:57PM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color	Brian Norden	June 10, 2019 06:09PM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color - color contrast?	kcsivils	June 10, 2019 06:17PM
Re: Locomotive cab interior color - color contrast?	Chris Walker	June 11, 2019 07:00PM

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