Re: C&TS Grande Gold on Coaches

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> I agree with Chris on this one. If we cannot have
> the historic authentic green color, then the
> Grande Gold would have been the next best
> authentic color. I just got some stuff
> transferred from the late 50's and there is 483
> pulling a fantrip with them. But, I guess C&TS
> wants its own identity and if you are going to
> pick a color that was not used in all the coaches
> in regular trains, this one is pretty darned good.
> And, it reflects the colors of the special
> private cars. We have had this discussion in the
> past. It is what it is. I suspect someday they
> will have a premium set of cars and they will
> likely be either green or red.
> Greg

It seems to me that the cars were painted red at some point on the D&RG. Maybe pre 1920's. If so getting the exact shade of red would be damn near impossible now. So what is there now would then be considered historically accurate.
I'll start digging around to try and verify that.