[From nobody Mon Jan 14 08:18:11 2013 Received: from smtpin-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by storefull-618.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 23965138; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: saturnv@webtv.net Received: from alycia.dementia.org (ALYCIA.DEMENTIA.ORG [128.2.35.149]) by smtpin-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 39DFCF8; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) id PAA08604 for pittsburgh-railways-outgoing; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:15:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA08599 for <pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org>; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:15:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from LOCALNAME ([206.170.1.165]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with SMTP id <0G1K002IU5F7CK@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net> for pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 11:16:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 11:09:53 -0700 From: Jim Holland <PGHPCC@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: Prototype Color Schemes To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Message-id: <39D237F1.5C07@pacbell.net> Organization: Holland Electric Railway Operation mailto:PGHPCC@pacbell.net MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03C-PBXG (Win16; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <16966-39D17A4C-1374@storefull-612.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Sender: owner-pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Greetings! Excellent series of questions, Bob, but also questions which will probably prove elusive as far as answers! Bob Schmidt wrote: > I would like to know, (and many others on the list too), who's call it > was designating the red/cream paint scheme for the original PRC order of > 1936 St. Louis PCC cars. Like Fred #3, I believe that the color choice was PRCo. While cars for other systems might have been painted similar, they were not the same colors. Even the way the paint was applied varied from one system to another although the lines of the car seemed to have a strong influence from the beginning. Compare PRCo with Brooklyn and the Boston St. Louis car. Interesting, in looking thru *PCC From Coast to Coast* I have noticed that quite a few have the canvas roof section painted a darker color than the rest of the roof! > Also, is there any data in the PRC archives that might give a hint as > to why variations of the color "yellow/orange" dominated the majority of > PRC work equipment rebuilds from the early 20's onward. *Guesstimation* again - orange seemed to be favored for safety reasons (whether or not verifiable) and it seemed to be many properties within the industry that painted work equipment in orange. On the other hand, there are many properties which did not use orange for work equipment. > While on the subject of everyones second favorite topic, workcars, > Charlie and I are still looking to find that elusive photo of M211. Looking thru photo rosters and will let you know what I find in response to Charlies letter! > Bob S. James B. Holland Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), 1930 -- 1950 To e-mail privately, please click here: mailto:pghpcc@pacbell.net N.M.R.A. Life member #2190; http://www.mcs.net:80/~weyand/nmra/ ]