Some of the information, listed here, dates back to the old website. I have included it here to provide some helpful information while new resource information is gathered. We hope to update this section as new information is obtained.

NEW INFORMATION 06-09-2005

General Electric U23B Paint Information - Courtesy George Sennhauser-

The General Electric "Painting & Lettering" document 41B512670 dated November 11, 1969 specifies the paint for the U23B locomotives as follows:

PO -2512 ROAD NUMBERS 601-608

1. GOLD (SILICONE) NAT'L LEAD #22-948 Car body and exterior lettering
2. YELLOW (ACRYLIC) DUPONT #890-373
3. BLACK (SILICONE) NAT'L LEAD #22-990
4. BLACK GLIDDEN #67842 Under frame and trucks
5. GRAY GLIDDEN #71656 Operator's Cab interior

From Vern Maxson:

Red	Scalecoat SF Red
Light Gray	Floquil
Dark Gray	Floquil
Black	Scalecoat Gloss Black
Gold	50% Floquil Bright Gold And 50% Floquil Silver
Green	Floquil Pullman Green

This is from Steve Long.

We just received a donation of an original EMD BL-2 print for painting and lettering. Here are the paint chip numbers if you are interested. The first three digits is the type of paint, such as Duco(Lacquer), Dulux(Synthetic Enamel), Lucite(Acrylic-Lacquer). In 1949 the kinds of paint were very limited, basicly (Lacquer and Enamel). Acrylic-Lacquer was introduced in the late 50's and Acrylic-Enamel in the early 70's. Almost all Lacquers are not manufactured and used due to EPA regulations along with Synthetic Enamels. This doesn't mean these chips are obsolete, the colors may still be available in acrylic-enamel and Imron(urethane) these are fleet colors.

If anybody checks at their Dupont Automotive dealer, you might find some good news. All you have to use for reference is the second group of numbers, this is the actual color. Here they are: