Re: 489 in Green 1950

Kevin Cook Wrote:
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> That photo is amazing . . .  It shows how light
> that green was.  This entire time, I was thinking
> the green was very dark.  Not in this photo.


As with many older slides, the photo appears to have faded and taken on a bit of an uneven magenta cast.  Here's a quick-&-dirty "refreshment" with Elements 10's 'Auto Smart Fix' at 70% plus 'Levels' to get rid of the red using the smokebox as a target for 'neutral gray':


Per Jeff Ellingson, the green paint that he applied to the four D&S passenger cars about a dozen years ago – and to C&TS #489 ten years ago this month – was based on a spectrographic analysis of an old can of D&RGW Moffat Green 'Boiler Jacket Enamel' recovered from the paint shop in Durango.  As noted previously, Jeff's modern urethane-based paint is a bit shinier than the old enamel version, and seems to reflect a bit more blue when seen outdoors.  Indoors, it appears to me at least to be VERY close to the original color as seen in photos of D&RGW standard gauge engines taken in the late 1930's.  Here's a re-post of Jeff applying his paint to #489 on 05/16/10, and paparazzo Roger Hogan admiring the results the following day:


- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender

p.s.  For a REALLY pale green jacket, see [ngdiscussion.net] . . .  



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2020 08:44PM by Russo Loco.