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Colours

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Dominion Atlantic Colours

No. 32 Model Colours

These are Averaged colours using PhotoShop taken from the main steam cyclinder on the model of No. 32 in the Wolfville library.

  • RGB: 81, 18, 27
  • HSB: 351, 78%, 32%
  • Lab: 17, 20, 12
  • CMYK: 41%, 89%, 72%, 62%
  • #51121b
  • Web Only: #660033


Colour Schemes by Period

1893 to c. 1900

  • Colour: Magenta, gold lettering double striping
  • Headlight: Usually DAR cypher initials
  • Sanddome: Double pinstriping, number
  • Cab: Name, heavy Roman
  • Tender: "Dominion Atlantic", arched in heavy Roman over "Railway"

c. 1900 to c. 1918

  • Colour: Magenta, gold lettering and double striping
  • Headlight: Often DAR cypher initials
  • Sanddome: Double pinstriping, usually Number
  • Cab: Name, heavy Roman
  • Tender: "Dominion Atlantic" heavy Roman, straight

c. 1918 to c. 1928

  • Colour: Tuscan Red, gold lettering
  • Cab: Name, sometimes over small number, art deco sans-serif
  • Tender: Small "Dominion Atlantic", large number art deco sans-serif

c. 1929 - 1935

  • Colour: Tuscan Red, gold lettering and stripes
  • Sanddome: Number, pinstriping
  • Cab: Name, Roman
  • Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame

c. 1936 - c. 1942

  • Colour: Tuscan Red, gold or yellow lettering and stripes
  • Smokebox Front: Silver (1938-1942)
  • Sanddome: Sometimes Number
  • Running Board: Name on cast brass plaque
  • Cab: Number with pinstripe frame
  • Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame

c. 1943 - 1954

  • Colour: Black, yellow lettering
  • Cab: Number, pinstripe frame often omitted
  • Tender: Land of Evangeline herald, single pinstripe frame often omitted

1954 - 1959 (S-3s)

  • Colour: Tuscan Red and Grey, Tuscan letters & numbers
  • Dominion Atlantic

1959 - 1968 (SW1200s)

  • Colour: Tuscan Red and Grey, Tuscan letters & numbers
  • Canadian Pacific

1968 - 1994

  • Colour: Action Red, Multimark, white letters & numbers
  • CP Rail


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