I'm not ready to paint my #42 but I'm looking for some ideas as to what the original colors were and what they looked like on these locomotives. If you have a #42, original or restored, please post a picture or two.
Thanks,
Sam
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For what its worth, you can get a quick look at some by doing a search using "Bing", and type in Lionel #42 locomotive, or Lionel Prewar #42, and it does show some examples of the different colors. If you know someone who has a copy of "Standard Catalog of Prewar Trains 1900-1942 by David Doyle", or possibly your local library may have one, it shows all the different versions (colors). The colors listed in Doyle's book are: Dark Green; Black; Gray; Dark Gray, Olive Green; Dark Olive Green; Mojave; Peacock; Maroon. The last two referenced as probable Factory Repaints. You choice of color comes down to what you want to match it with, or your favorite color.
Hope this helps.
Thanks, much better then what google and yahoo had coming up.
Originally Posted by teledoic:
For what its worth, you can get a quick look at some by doing a search using "Bing", and type in Lionel #42 locomotive, or Lionel Prewar #42, and it does show some examples of the different colors. If you know someone who has a copy of "Standard Catalog of Prewar Trains 1900-1942 by David Doyle", or possibly your local library may have one, it shows all the different versions (colors). The colors listed in Doyle's book are: Dark Green; Black; Gray; Dark Gray, Olive Green; Dark Olive Green; Mojave; Peacock; Maroon. The last two referenced as probable Factory Repaints. You choice of color comes down to what you want to match it with, or your favorite color.
Hope this helps.
If you were satisfied with the Bing search, you will note that most of the ones shown all have red trimmed windows, and from Doyle's book, the edge of the running boards, plus cowcatchers are also painted red, regardless of overall body color. So, now its up to you to chose a color, if you want original coloring. The grills look to be brass, or painted gold. I am not into Prewar, or tinplate. I am Postwar O only, but I do have books that I can reference.
Mine still has some of it's paint so I can see where the accent colors are/were. I'm leaning towards black as it looks classy and with the red trim should stand out nicely.
Originally Posted by teledoic:
If you were satisfied with the Bing search, you will note that most of the ones shown all have red trimmed windows, and from Doyle's book, the edge of the running boards, plus cowcatchers are also painted red, regardless of overall body color. So, now its up to you to chose a color, if you want original coloring. The grills look to be brass, or painted gold. I am not into Prewar, or tinplate. I am Postwar O only, but I do have books that I can reference.
