[PRCo] Re: Auctioned PCCs

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

Mr. Geissenheimer  --  you have summed up my feelings about colors very
well, too  --  *especially*  those colors which do not represent Pgh.
very well.

	I like the designation of  *Bread--Loaf*  paint jobs  --  first I heard
that, but it is Good!(:->)

> Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> Greetings to all

> I have enjoyed reading your various comments about what to
> paint the Muni ex-Pgh PCC cars.

> Having been there, let me give my preferences (Not in order of preference)

> -  A PRC Red & White front car.  Kenosha has one and it
>     has been well received.

> -  The Red, White and Blue 1776.

> -  Any of the three "Bread loaf" paint jobs (Orange, red or yellow with white).
>     This paint job really returned the PCC to the limelight.

> -   The multi-color Mod Trolley.  Always well received.

> -   The original red applied to the 4000's.

> -   The Jolly Trolley:  A put down to John Dameron's Trolley Jolly.

> I would not prefer the final 4000 colors copied from the LRT
> or the PAT Grey.  This was merely an adaption of the bus paint
> implemented by PAT.  Looked OK on New Look buses, was
> poor on Old Look buses or the PCC's.

> Colors are all in the mind of the viewer.  The last two mentioned
> above do not represent Pittsburgh well in my opinion.

> Best wishes to all.

> Harold Geissenheimer

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James B. Holland

Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
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        Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) http://www.pa-trolley.org/
    Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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