[PRCo] Re: Interurban paint schemes

[Fred W. Schneider III]

I'm not sure what final years of the interurbans means?  And some of the
replies indicate others may be confused.  

As a purist, I think of the interurbans as two routes to Canonsburg /
Washington and Monongahela / Charleroi / Roscoe that were abandoned in
1953.  To the best of my knowledge, the only paint change from 1948-1949
factory paint was the replacement of the centered gold front number with
a black number in the cream field on the door side.  

Seventeen hundreds with red fronts, V fronts, etc. came in the early
1960s, long after the interurbans were shortened to Drake and Library. 
I believe, however, that Pittsburgh Railways always segregated the cars
and that 1700-1724 were used only on Drake, Library, and Shannon as long
as PRC was the owner and operator.    

No 

Macmarka at cs.com wrote:
> 
> Can someone tell me if cars 1700-1724 ever had a different paint scheme other
> than the hourglass fronts during the final years of the interurbans? Any
> V-fronts?
>                                         Mark McGuire