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Date: 06/18/22 12:40
Need Information please
Author: BNSF-E9

Color & paint information for the Rock Island, GP35.
Most of the photos I find on FFs...I can't tell if it's brown, a different shade red, or what.  Also the yellow, I'm not sure of either.
Thanks in advance for help.

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Date: 06/18/22 12:50
Re: Need Information please
Author: drdiesel

Some good color photos here.  Search on RI.

https://www.locophotos.com/Search.php



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/18/22 12:51 by drdiesel.

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Date: 06/18/22 14:34
Re: Need Information please
Author: ntharalson

Good advice to check out the photos.  I can say that the base clor is a maroon but the shade will depend on how much sun it's gotten.  The yellow someone else will have to comment on.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

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Date: 06/18/22 16:30
Re: Need Information please
Author: BNSF-E9

drdiesel, ntharalson, most excellent!
Thanks very much. 

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Date: 06/18/22 20:00
Re: Need Information please
Author: CPR_4000

Some say Rock Island, Lackawanna, and Boston & Maine maroon are the same. EMD used a somewhat limited pallette in the early days.

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Date: 06/18/22 22:50
Re: Need Information please
Author: ATSFSuperCap

If you are looking for paint for models check Tru Color's site.    They have the colors you are looking for.

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Date: 06/19/22 06:11
Re: Need Information please
Author: BNSF-E9

More great advice, and help.
Thanks very much.

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Date: 06/19/22 07:04
Re: Need Information please
Author: BAB

ATSFSuperCap Wrote:
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> If you are looking for paint for models check Tru
> Color's site.    They have the colors you are
> looking for.
Thats the best way as photos are seldom true due to lighting and if taken by a slide or negative camera most film has a color shift in it. Just a thought cant remember which is what Kodak film had that shift.

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Date: 06/19/22 10:24
Re: Need Information please
Author: binder001

First, you have to decide if you want a fresh, new, unit or a worn one in service.  The maroon on 1960s Rock Island diesels often oxidized into a very brown color after a few years out in the weather.

Gary B. 
Waverly, NE

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Date: 06/19/22 13:38
Re: Need Information please
Author: BNSF-E9

More excellent things to ponder...I ponder a lot.
Thanks!

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