Pullman Green is same as Santa Fe Green?

[celtchair]

Please excuse my ignorance, but is the SPECTRUM HO HEAVYWEIGHT TRAIN COMBINE GREEN 89521 "Pullman green' the same as the green on Bachmann SPECTRUM item number 89313 Heavyweight Passenger Coach #837 Santa Fe? I hope to make up a consist using both cars but the photos on ebay seem to show a different tone or shade.

Thanks,
Jeremy

[pdlethbridge]

          I have found that no 2 cars were ever the same color in a train because of the way they weathered. New cars were darker, older were lighter, etc. I suspect that some cars were different colors on each side

[az2rail]

Not to mention that different batches of paint where never quite the same either.

I don't know if they are pullman green or not, but the point is that if you come up with close but not quite, you will be prototypical.

Bruce

[celtchair]

Good points.   Thanks for the help.  Want a coach and combine to add to my brass M-160 I'm restoring.

[glennk28]

"Pullman Green" is extremely variable in color-even in the same brand over a span of year's.  If you want a matching train, you'll almost have to paint it all at once, or at least set aside several bottles of paint from the same carton.  jg

[Paul M.]

Pullman Green was THE standard passenger car color for almost fifty years...

Almost all railroads had their own cars painted to match the Pullman pool cars.