West Penn "Orange"

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

This was a stroke of genius on their part.  Just watch any major league
sporting event involving a team from the 'burgh and you'll see why.  Nobody
in that city wants to do damage to the "Team Colors."

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Kenneth Josephson [mailto:kjosephson at sprintmail.com] 
Sent:	Tuesday, September 26, 2000 5:45 PM
To:	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject:	Re: West Penn "Orange"



What was PAT's rationale for going to white with black and gold stripes? Are
there
statistics on mainline railroads and the "safety stripes"  some of them used
on the
front of their locomotives? Ken J.