PCC Paint Schemes

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Am putting page numbers to identify paint schemes as follows:
		(A) PCC Car That Fought Back
		(B) PCC From Coast to Coast
		(C) PA Trolleys in Color, Volkmer

Jim Holland wrote:

>         This is what I call the Half n' Half paint scheme - the car was painted
> this way.  Belt rail and down is red - everything above is cream.

>         ALL  PRCo  PCCs were delivered with red paint above the windows -
> except for #100 which was chocolate brown for a while, but she might
> have been delivered in PRCo paint.

>         There were 4-basic PRCo PCC paint schemes -
>                 and the order in which they appeared:

>         1)  Red *below* the belt rail and all around the car,
>                 both sides, front and back.  Cream belt rail
>                 and window area as well as roof.  Red above windows
>                 which tapers to a point at the front and wraps
>                 around rear window.  PCCs 100; 1000-1299;
>                 1400--1564; 1600--1699 delivered this way.
>                 YEARS:  1936--1945

	  ALL PRCo air cars and #1600 delivered in this style paint scheme. 
A--pgs.76, 91, 100, 133, 194, 195; B--pgs.162, pg.164 cars 1045 1030,
pg.165 car 1186, pg.167 cars 1202 1254, pg.168 car 1403, pg.171 1550 and
Tunnel-15xx, pg.172 all.

>         2)  Same as above but hour-glass front dash, cream center
>                 with red half-circles.  1700--1799 delivered this way;
>                 other PCCs occasionally repainted this way.
>                 YEARS:  1949--1957?

	B--pg.174 car 1795; pgs.176, 177 ALL; pg.163 M11 as repainted; pg.164
1039 repainted; pg.165 1111 repainted; pg.167 1295 1296 repainted;
pg.169 1483 repainted; C--pg.77 1537 repainted; pg.78 1621 repainted;
quite a few repaints in this book to hour glass.

>         3)  Same as above but "V" front dash instead of hourglass.
>                 Various PCCs repainted this way.
>                 YEARS:  1957?--1960

	B--pg.171 1561 repainted; C--1735 repainted; pf.117 1646.

>         INTERLUDE:  Easiest to paint solid red front dash; many PCCs
>                 of all series repainted this way.
>                 YEARS:  1958--1960?

	B--pg.174 1760; pg.175 bottom photo of 17xx;  C--pg.103 1756; pg.108
1788.

>         4)  Half n' Half.  Red belt rail and everything below, sides
>                 front, rear.  Cream windows and roof, front, sides
>                 and back.  Various cars repainted this way,
>                 1500s and higher, possibly some 1400s,
>                 NO 1200s or lower.
>                 YEARS:  1961-->>

	B--pg.173 1641, 1633, 1689; pg.178 1652;  C--pg.81 1633; pg.94 1536;
pg.97 1436 but note that belt rail is cream instead of red - several
cars like this; pg.115 1406 also with cream belt rail; pg.116 1564 with
red belt rail; and as John mentioned, 1705 may have been one of first
17s in this scheme.

> > Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:

> > This is NOT a question about color.  I would like to know if this car
> > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/jpg/pitt626.jpg (and others like it)
> > ever had red above the windows, if it was painted over, or if it just wore
> > off.

> > Thanks.

> > Bob

James B. Holland

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