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Pan Am Phase II Dark Blue Paint

Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.

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Pan Am Phase II Dark Blue Paint

 #807367  by wseamo1
 
Hi everyone,

I'm a researcher for M.T.H. Electric Trains and we're working on the Pan Am GP-40 in the dark blue paint. I've read this color is
very similar to Missouri Pacific blue. Is this accurate? If anyone has any information on this color, please email me
at: [email protected]

Take care,

Bill

Re: Pan Am Phase II Dark Blue Paint

 #807409  by guilfordrailfan
 
Pan Am dark blue is a custom color, so there is no other railroad color that is an exact match. It is a VERY dark shade of blue and I'm pretty sure is actually a little darker than MoPac blue. I believe Santa Fe dark blue is a fairly close match.

Re: Pan Am Phase II Dark Blue Paint

 #807435  by Hux
 
wseamo1 wrote:Hi everyone,

I'm a researcher for M.T.H. Electric Trains and we're working on the Pan Am GP-40 in the dark blue paint. I've read this color is
very similar to Missouri Pacific blue. Is this accurate? If anyone has any information on this color, please email me
at: [email protected]

Take care,

Bill
Why not contact the fine folks at the Waterville shop and get the exact color mixture, or get a sample.

Re: Pan Am Phase II Dark Blue Paint

 #807454  by KSmitty
 
In the past someone on here has said that while the paint may look like MoPac, the cans actually come labeled "Santa Fe Blue"

Re: Pan Am Phase II Dark Blue Paint

 #807456  by bmcdr
 
ATLAS just came out with a GP-40 done up in PanAm a couple of months ago, perhaps they've already done the research and can help you out.

Re: Pan Am Phase II Dark Blue Paint

 #807465  by MEC407
 
The interesting thing about this blue is that it can look vastly different depending on whether it's a sunny day or an overcast day. That's true of all colors, but there's just something about this color that makes the difference more stark.
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