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Color of CNJ stations and MOW buildings?

Discussion of the CNJ (aka the Jersey Central) and predecessors Elizabethtown and Somerville, and Somerville and Easton, for the period 1831 to its inclusion in ConRail in 1976. The historical society site is here: http://www.jcrhs.org/

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Color of CNJ stations and MOW buildings?

 #893628  by Otto Vondrak
 
Looking for colors for CNJ frame structures (stations, outbuildings, speeder sheds, etc) from the mid-1960s... Exhausted a few of my resources, anyone have an answer?

-otto-

Re: Color of CNJ stations and MOW buildings?

 #893643  by 56-57
 
I'd have to say most likely bet would be faded and peeling cream with brown trim, ala Reading Company.

-Micah

Re: Color of CNJ stations and MOW buildings?

 #894044  by GSC
 
I recall light green over dark green, amid fading and peeling.

Stone CNJ stations had dark green trim, in most cases.

Tan over brown was Pennsy colors.

Re: Color of CNJ stations and MOW buildings?

 #894114  by Ken W2KB
 
GSC wrote:I recall light green over dark green, amid fading and peeling.

Stone CNJ stations had dark green trim, in most cases.

Tan over brown was Pennsy colors.
That sounds right. The gray I recall was probably weathering and grime on the green..
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