Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by DennisB:
Krylon or Rustoleum Camo Brown is the perfect color for rail.
For the modern "diesel" era, I fully agree. Our layout however is modeled in the early 1950s, i.e. big steam, and thus the rails/track is all weathered with a Rustoleum "charcoal green" color. The green journal oil from all those plain bearing freight cars and steam locomotives soaked the rail sides heavily, giving it that greenish tint.
This is correct. On the PRR mainline, those "charcoal green" rails even had a distinctive oily smell.
