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prr switch tower interior colors

Started by rustycoupler, January 02, 2013, 02:16:06 PM

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rustycoupler

 I am building a kit and would like to know the interior colors, i seem to remember something about a horrible green color. lol.

James in FL

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Dunno, but here's a lead from Google;

http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/

They have a preserved old tower   Take the virtual tour down the page, beautiful 360 view from inside the tower.

Piyer

Quote from: rustycoupler on January 02, 2013, 02:16:06 PM
I am building a kit and would like to know the interior colors, i seem to remember something about a horrible green color. lol.

"Interior Green" tends to be a post-WWII era thing as the government sold off, and factories used up, surplus paint.

From the link another poster provided, the colors used on that tower were cream with a pale blue ceiling. I'm not sure how historically accurate that is, but it makes sense. A pale blue ceiling is commonplace for the underside of porch roofs on houses. The "cream" color, too, makes sense, as whitish paint readily reflects light into and around a room.
~AJ Kleipass~
Proto-freelance modeling the Tri-State System c.1942
The layout is based upon the operations of the Delaware Valley Railway,
the New York, Susquehanna & Western, the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern,
the Middletown & Unionville, and the New York, Ontario & Western.

rustycoupler

 Thanks guys, that 360 degree view helped out alot.