Just allow players to create new characters on Red that are level 46 with full spellbooks/level appropriate gear. This allows new guilds to form that can immediately begin doing the planes and gearing up.
The reason that Red has no population is because...red has no population. People roll a toon there and get discouraged because they hardly see anyone else. It feels like a dead server to a new player, and the prospect of leveling up a toon mostly solo on a dead server is not very appealing.
Making new characters on the server start out at level 46 with appropriate gear would address most of the problems. People could immediately join the server and become an asset to a guild and start contributing in PvP fights.
Is this classic? Hell to the no. Is it fair to red players who have already leveled up? Definitely not. However, it would result in a massive explosion of red's population, which I think the vast majority of red players would prefer even if the change was not classic or fair to them.
Admittedly this idea sounds ridiculous at first, but I think it's the best option for a server in Red's position. The main reason people don't play there is simply because the low population makes the idea of leveling up solo (and being powerless against twinked/buffed PKs) really unappealing. If you remove that barrier and allow people to instantly jump on with a character that isn't totally helpless, suddenly the idea of playing on Red becomes much more attractive.
And really, EQ PvP is sort of a shitfest at low levels anyway, and really only shines in group vs. group and guild vs. guild battles when everyone is somewhat leveled and geared. Let players jump in and experience that aspect of EQ PvP and I guarantee that plenty of them will come to prefer fighting for their spawns rather than dealing with the current state of Blue's endgame.
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