[PRCo] Re: Black on the PCCs

[Jim Holland]

Hi John!

	This same photo also appears in Demoro's PCC book on pg.73 (and I have
seen it reproduced other places as well.)   IF  the car is actually
painted in PRCo colors, then a red-filter is used.  The picture is
nicely exposed and the glossy pages allow for about a
135--150--dot--screen for reproducing pictures and this one appears to
be properly exposed - brick building in the background shows excellent
detail and  *shades*  of color.

>> John F Bromley wrote:

>> Oops, Jim, a boo-boo.  The 1630 in Cox's book on P53 is just very lightly
>> exposed.  It's standard red.  I've seen this photo elsewhere with better
>> reproduction, but you can tell even in the Cox book.

> Jim Holland wrote:

>         I'll take that as a  *Maybe*,  John  --  I have 2- copies of this book,
> one an original printing.  The rest of the photo seems to be properly
> exposed, the anticlimber appears to be painted and there is no contrast
> between the anticlimber and the  *supposedly*  red dash and red skirting
> below the anticlimber, and it is not at all possible to discern that the
> car is red anywhere - the contrast is not there.  The dash, anticlimber,
> and skirting all appear identical in the Cox reproduced photo.  Also,
> the brick building behind the car is nicely exposed as is the track  --
> maybe a red-filter was used when the photo was exposed.
>         And please note that I said, and I quote below:::::::   "...car 1630
> was painted what appears to be an all cream--color"  --  never said
> definitely that it was!(:->)

> From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>

> . . . and car 1630 was painted what appears to be an all
> cream--color at St.-Louis-Car (pg.53 of Harold Cox' book  *PCC Cars of
> North America.*)
> Super interesting to note is the striping on 1630 when all-cream  --
> green line along top molding (which would be between cream roof and red
> above windows IF it was red!), green line on lower molding of belt rail,
> and green line at rub rail at floor level.!

-- 
James B. Holland

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