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Randy Hees

December 23, 2002 09:16AM

I suspect that the RPO color was subject to Postal regulations, and was the same on all railroads... I remember it as an off white, gray color.
SP painted baggage car interiors a color they called "drab" which research suggests is very close to the color of dried split pea soup.
Randy Hees

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Interior paint color of RPO's & Baggage cars	Kevin S	December 23, 2002 08:10AM
Re: Interior paint color of RPO's & Baggage cars	Randy Hees	December 23, 2002 09:16AM

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