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Re: (erielack) Erie station colors
Has anyone mentioned the possible complication that at some time the
colors were green and maroon, such as on the Maywood station?
Dave
Joseph A. Braun wrote:
> This is a delayed response to the inquiry re Erie station colors. I can
> offer the results of subjective research. In 1993 I decided to paint the
> doors and frames of my model railroad room in Erie station colors. I could
> find no definitive data anywhere about the actual colors, but my Park Ridge
> NJ Erie station had been restored a while back after very careful research
> by a local committee of knowledgeable persons, the leader of which had died
> while others had dispersed. There were no actual records of the paint chosen
> by the restoration committee. So I obtained every color swatch of green
> that Benjamin Moore provides. My wife and I went down to the old depot on a
> sunny afternoon and just worked until we found what we perceived as the
> closest match, which was #638 for the light green and #630 for the dark
> green trim. That combination worked fine in real life. When I last checked
> not that long ago, Benny Moore still was using the same numbering system in
> its color samples for Moore-a-Matic custom mixing. The Erie colors were
> among the "Classic Colors": #630 (Dark Green on color strip #063) and #638
> (light green on strip #638).
>
> Joe Braun
>
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