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Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. Official web site can be found here: CONRAIL.COM.

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 #22440  by O-6-O
 
I'm looking for a source for genuine Conrail Blue paint. Any ideas?
Automotive paint ie; PPG ,Ditzler etc? Where did Conrail get theirs?
Thanks

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 #22677  by charlie6017
 
I would try a full service hobby store. I'm not sure about the hobby shops in your area, but if you get to Buffalo, I'm 99% sure that Niagara Hobby has it. Awhile back, I got my CSX colors there.

 #23014  by O-6-O
 
Thanks Charlie, but this is not for modeling, I,m going to repaint my
Snap-On tool box. I HATE red. Thanks

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 #23156  by wis bang
 
Krylon "royal blue" should be similar, maybe a little darker. I used to work for Chemical Leaman Tank Lines. The Macks came Royal blue from their paint supplyer & we would add 1/4 fenders & paint them w/ the Krylon and it was just a little lighter. Never saw it after the truck got dirty. It's a color lighter than Navy but not as light as alot of medium blues & would look good w/ some white pinstripes...

 #68179  by MR77100
 
Why don't all the modeling companies decide on one shade of blue???!!!! I have about a dozen different Conrail units from Athearn, Atlas, Kato, and Proto 2000, and the shades of blue are all different!

 #69879  by Otto Vondrak
 
Conrail blue weathered to so many different shades, it's hard to pick one.

Locomotive paint comes from DuPont's Imron line... try contacting them!

-otto-