[PRCo] Re: WHAT IS Your Favorite Mod PAT Scheme???????

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

> Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> Now to get on topic. I'd like to learn more about the "Mod" paint
> schemes. Who originated the three "caterpillar" stripes, the initial
> reactions of the public and

	Believe Harold Geissenheimer's Team produced the banded paint schemes
of 1971 and later and initial public reaction was quite favorable, esp.
when Sunburst Trolley 1730 hit the market.  The public could readily
identify with the Name and Number of the car!!  Quite impressive!(:->)

	1)--It is extremely difficult to pick a favorite, but because the
Sunburst Trolley  --  1730  --  proclaimed itself so beautifully and
positively in addition to making excellent PR amongst the public would
have to be my favorite one.
	There are so many different cars  --  paint schemes  --  to choose from
it is very difficult to make a choice.
	Somewhere right behind this would be the following three.......make it
four:::::::

	2)--Interurban 1776, ex-1616, because 1616 was so beautifully
maintained by PRCo, because it is an interurban, because it is the first
air-car completely overhauled, because of the BiCentennial paint
scheme!!
	3)--One of the double-ended interurbans because of a very definite
attempt to keep service running during disruptions, the uniqueness of
such an attempt for Pgh., and the good looks of the results.
	4)--Car 1734  --  the Jolly Trolley  --  because it is  ({[pat]}) 
poking fun at itself because of prior management calling railfans:: 
"Trolley--Jollies!"
	5)--Car 1976, the first flat-front car.  While I am an interurban
afficionado first, I will defer to the first flat front because of its
number and forward looking style!!

	Choices 1 and 2 are firm  --
		choices 3--5 could be in any order!!

> A shot of the Tunnel Carhouse yards from the Overbrook right of way,
> showing the yards jammed with these candy colored creations should have
> graced the cover of C.E.R.A.'s "Rainbow of Traction" book.

	Several color photos like this appeared in  *Traction--&--Models*  -- 
I submitted one, don't know who did the others!

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James B. Holland

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