Howdy, I am reading the Pullman Standard Car specifications for passenger cars and see a spec that reads like this: "Ceiling Color for entire car: Light Gray, C&D 15-E-45". Can anyone tell me what C&D 15-E-45 is? How could we find out exactly what color it is or match it with our hobby paints? Best Regards, mike
One could assume that C&D is a brand of paint. There is actually a C&D paint company. http://cdautopaint.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 The rest of the #'s are probably the formula. I would suggest starting by calling them. Bob Hoover FriscoFriend
Thanks Bob, I thought it might be a shop reference, but paint makes sense. It would be nice to get color chips for the different paints used inside passenger cars. Best Regards, mike
Mike Are you sure it said "C&D" and not "CED"? Many Pullman Company exterior paint schemes were identified with the prefix CED followed by, usually, four numbers. These are all identified in a file at the Pullman Project web site. There is no similar listing of interior colors, so don't know if the format such as 8-C-45 is used or not. I am away from home this week, but if you have not gotten a definitive answer by the time I return, I'll ask Tom Madden if he has any data on interior paint. Gordon
