Re: 489 in Green 1950

Pkwlsn Wrote:
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> I have some color slides of standard gauge
> D&RGW engines that indisputably had green
> boiler jackets, and it's still hard to tell if you're
> seeing green paint or just dirt and soot. Green
> boiler jackets really don't show up well even in
> color photos.


IIRC, Kodachrome – especially the old ASA 10 and even the ASA 25 version – was notoriously poor at picking up green; it excelled in the reds & yellows of Fall Colors in Narrow Gauge Country.  Add just a little soot and there's not much "there" there . . .