WP & PRCO--Low--Floor Colors --- Tribute to West Penn by Wagner --- Low--Floor Poem --- Color Trivia

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Didn't answer the window sash question concerning the low-floor cars -
seems to be the same color paint as the doors - a variation of chocolate
brown!

Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:

> > 3 - We have not got an answer for the roof and
> > doors/windows on low floor cars for modeling.
> > Is roof brown the best choice
> > for the West Penn cars and/or PRCo.

Jim Holland wrote:

>         I have just looked at a couple color photos of low-floor cars in
> Washington and the roof is definitely much darker than roof brown - more
> like coal black!
>         I also have a color photo of WP 720 which I am assuming is this
> charter:::  1950.02.05--720--WP--Last PRMA trip on Masontown, Martin.
> It appears that the car was painted within the last several years and
> since the photo is taken from a perch which looks even with the roof
> line, a beautiful Charcoal Gray roof is evident.
>         Quoting from *Trolley Talk* pg.46 (#12)::   "The original color was
> dark green; then they were painted the familiar orange with black
> trim."  This is an article mentioning the prototype and giving a general
> description for building a model of WP 705.

James B. Holland

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