B&O paint color questions!

B&O was one of the first railroads to embrace diesel electric locomotives in passenger services starting with the EA in 1936.  While steam certainly did pull streamlined B&O cars at times, E units would be the most common choice.  The E7 is the most common road unit from 1945 on, but E8s were also used later. 

 

I'm not a B&O expert, but I believe Pacific class steam locomotives were the predominant steam passenger power on the B&O.  Overall though, the B&O were early adopters of the diesel electric.  Those big EM-1s were not what they wanted during WWII, they just couldn't get more EMDs due to the War Production Board rules.

Thank you!  I was thinking of the WBB E7.  This photos of it looks like the colors may match pretty well.  I am most worried about K-Line's cream color which seems to be pretty white on most models.  It seems like the WBB engines the cream.  Do others agree?

I always thought that the B&O passenger colors were blue and gray.

The early B&O streamlined scheme was a grey stripe in the window band with B&O blue top and bottom of the windows.  However, the person to get to respond to this thread would be either Ed Bommer, or Bob Heil.  Both of them know their B&O better than I could ever hope too.

 

The GGD cars have the correct colors as certified by the B&O experts.  I have never seen the K-Line B&O cars in person, but I had my eye on that set as well!  One can never have enough mismatched 21" cars for rainbow era Amtrak trains. 

I agree that it is a gray and definitely not white as used on many models. Here's a prototype picture I found:

 

I have four of the K-Line cars.  I can see them from here - they are grey, not white.

 

My choice was a PA, but the B&O did not have them.  My second choicewas an E-7, but I was not happy with either the paint or the rivets, so it is a do- over.  I believe the B&O used FAs, F- units,  and either E-5s or something equally shovel- nosed-y.

 

I purchased the matching K-line F7's a-b-a units and they make a nice looking train. Here's a link http://www.legacykline.com/app...;p_oem_sku=K-25106TC

I'm no purist and have been pulling all 11 of them with my EM-1. Now that really makes a cool train.

I would like to know if the Williams E7s match the K-Line 21" Columbian cars.

Thank you!

Changed title to try and find someone with these cars and a matching engine!

Santa is very close to bringing me those WBB B&O's at trainworld even though they are awfully long for my layout.  Get them soon, or hope they have a few pairs in stock