In looking at some video of Reading's Green Rs3's the colors appear almost identical to that of the Pennsylvania RS 3 ? To me it looks like the difference is no radio antenna, and the use of marker lights on the Reading. Would re-decaling the Pennsylvania with Reading decals work?
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dandeo50 posted:In looking at some video of Reading's Green Rs3's the colors appear almost identical to that of the Pennsylvania RS 3 ? To me it looks like the difference is no radio antenna, and the use of marker lights on the Reading. Would re-decaling the Pennsylvania with Reading decals work?
I don't recall the Pennsylvania RR EVER having any "green" diesel units. It would be interesting to see some color photos of those.
dandeo50 posted:What Color are these?
The Reading units are definitely green. However, the PRR units were virtually black, i.e. Dark Locomotive Green Enamel. The PRR DLGE is essentially a 55 gallon from of black paint, with maybe a quart of green mixed in. Not even close to that Reading color, in my opinion.
Not that much is made for Reading Lines, so using a PRR diesel engine will work for me as well as long as the Reading had a similar engine.
However the Reading had some GP-39-2's and most model train companies use a GP-38 instead of the real model of the prototype.
Lee Fritz
Don't forget the Reading rain gutters.
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