One fine day, I had to deliver an SD-45 crankshaft to Burnham shops. As most of you might not know, being steam fans, the SD-45 featured a - very expensive - very long - very easily damaged crankshaft for its V-20 engine. It was nearly impossible to unload without damage without going to the back of the roundhouse, crossing several tracks. With no crossings.
After this was accomplished and the overhead crane that could easily reach inside the trailer and unload the crankshaft with no damage brought it into the building, the shop foreman offered me a tour of the shops! Including the torn down SD45 V20 the crankshaft was for!
No way could I pass that up! And, as a bonus, I finagled an authentic can of spray paint with the D&RGW Orange emblazoned on the label!
So... I used it to paint an Athearn GP60 just like the one that was being touched up in the shop with an identical can of the aforementioned D&RGW Orange labelled paint.
I took it to a hobby shop named after a piece of equipment that was normally hauled at the rear of the train prior to the 1970's, and EVERYONE there told me it was WRONG!
Yes, I understand, model railroad manufacturers "tweak" paint colors to look better under artificial light, but seriously...
Now, if they could only figure out what color green D&RGW narrow gauge boilers were...
Robert
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2020 07:26PM by rdamurphy.