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Page Six Quick link to GNR Color Chips 3. Cars with plywood exterior. Roof, ends, sides, underframes and trucks in mineral red. Lettering and numbers white. Monogram 72-inch, outer circle and lettering white on background of car red, goat and mountain white in field of black. Some of these have the original color scheme of roof, ends, underframe and trucks black, sides orange. A. Cars in original color scheme, with Scotchlite used. All side lettering and numbers black, end stenciling in white. Scotchlite utilized for "Great Northern" and "G.N." on sides and monogram. Monogram has "See America First - Glacier National Park" wording, outer circle red Scotchlite, lettering black Scotchlite on background of car orange, goat and mountain white Scotchlite in field of red Scotchlite. Eight diamond-shaped targets along bottom of each car side in silver Scotchlite. As these cars are repainted in red, side and end lettering and numbers are done in white except all Scotchlite remains as before, with these changes in background for the black Scotchlite "Great Northern" and "G.N." and background for lettering in monogram is in white paint. As Scotchlite monograms are replaced, "Great Northern Railway" lettering is used; outer circle in white Scotchlite, lettering in white Scotchlite in field of black paint. B. Cars in original color scheme, with paint used throughout. All side lettering and numbers in dark green; end stenciling white. Monogram, outer circle green, letters green on background of car orange, goat and mountain white on background of green. Gondolas Ends, sides, interior, undersides and trucks mineral red. Lettering, numbers and monogram in white. Some series have 42-inch monogram, others 24, with outer circle white, lettering white on background of car red, goat and mountain white in inner field of black. Hoppers All in mineral red. Lettering and monogram white. Monogram 54-inch, outer circle white, lettering white on background of car red, goat and mountain white in inner field of black. Covered Hoppers All in mineral red. Lettering and numbers white. Monogram 24-inch, outer circle white, lettering white on background of car red, goat and mountain white in inner field of black. Flat Cars All in mineral red. Lettering and numbers white. No monogram. Livestock Cars All in mineral red. Lettering and numbers white. No monogram.
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