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Matching INRDs Red color on their SD40-2s

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Matching INRDs Red color on their SD40-2s
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 7, 2016 8:49 PM

Does anyone know of a good red match for Indiana Railroad's red scheme.  At springfield this year I held my Atlas Trainman and Athearn RTR GP38-2s next to the MTH one and noted 3 different shades of red.  In all photos I have seen the red seems pretty consistent across all units.

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Posted by mlehman on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:35 AM

Having seen it in person, my impression is that it's close to the late version of Soo Line red, maybe a shade or two lighter. That's a starting point, more than I'm saying it's exactly like the Soo Line color.

Mike Lehman

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 14, 2016 4:15 PM

Thank you for your reply.  At the Amherst Railway Society's show in Springfield, Ma I took my pair of INRD GP38-2s (one Athearn Rtr, one Atlas Trainman) and compaired them to the MTH locomotives.  I was not shocked to find 3 shades of red.  One of them was almost like the SOO SD60s (6050+ Red scheme), but I dont remember which one. 

  I will have to ask them myself in person during the shop tour this summer!

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