it seems that engins recived whatever paint was lying around. based on the varaiety of black, silver, green, combinations styles and percentages of the above listed colors on any given locomotive
the main point of the qwestion is how likely would it have been in green in 42-44 period and whether or not it actualy was green in that period
the root reason for the qwestion is that me and my dad have a live steam model of 482 nearing completion and a final permament paint job
because we have already constructed 6500 series flats and we want things to not look trashed we decided on the 42-44 time span whitch also fits into the desire to make a san juan passenger set
this all leads to a desire for stencils and paint schems (note we are NOT rivet counters we are look doun from the top of the coal dock and copie what you see because thats all anyone will see of the model modelers)