PRCo Paint

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Just looking at a photo from the Ed Lybarger collection used in the
1992 PTM calendar of an 3700 series Brill interurban in downtown
Washington shortly after delivery.  The photo caption indicates that the
car was painted *maroon.*
	Apparently this was the *standard paint scheme* for all equipment very
early in the 1900s.  I would assume the equipment had a black roof and
this photo shows a little gold trim on the front dash.  Were other
colors used for trim and how?
	How long did this paint scheme last and when did the
*PRCo--"Yellow"-(Orange)* debut?

	From all current indications, the interurbans (3700--3714 and
3800--3814) were not painted in *Yellow.*  Possibly just before the
debut of the 3800s, the 37s were painted red with cream/white window
area and black roof while the 38s came with red and gray window area.
	Does this sound correct?

James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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