[PRCo] Re: Mod PAT Schemes

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Something had to hold the rusted hulks together ... if it isn't steel,
try paint.  In some instances (one GE 1700 at Keatig in 1965), paint was
applied directly over the rust.  



Kenneth Josephson wrote:
> 
> Bob Rathke wrote:
> 
> > St. John's Hospital (Wood's Run).  Looks like the tally is 2 & 2.
> 
> I was born in St. Joseph's Hospital on N. 51st & W. Burleigh Streets in
> Milwaukee. Burleigh never had end to end trolley service, but the Route
> 20 streetcar and the Milwaukee Northern interurban once used short
> stretches of the street between N. 5th  Street and Teutonia Avenue.  So
> there. :-)
> 
> 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 Port Authority brass and when the decision
> was made to expand into other variations such as traditional "bill
> board" cars.
> 
> After viewing images shot by my myself, Jim Holland, James Hennig,
> Roberta Hill, John Bromley and others, I realized some of these cars
> were repainted several times between 1972 and the mid 1980s. It sure
> made up for years of PRCo and early PAT neglect.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Ken J.