[PRCo] Re: West Penn Destination Sign Photo

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Fairchance was black on yellow.  Martin was red on cream.

 
---- Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com> wrote: 
> I cannot recall seeing an actual Fairchance sign, but it is my
> understanding that both used black on yellow ... the position of the lights
> and the exposure in Ed's picture makes the sign look more orange than it
> actually is.
> 
> The only other yellow sign I can recall was Martin, and to distinguish them
> from Fairchance cars, they used red letters.  Shame that Kodachrome 25 (or
> Kodachrome II as it was called) was not available about ten years earlier
> along with 1990s computer ground lenses.  There would then be no question.
> 
> "James B. Holland" wrote:
> 
> > Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Question - Isn't the Uniontown, Hopwood, Fairchance color the same as
> > > the Dawson sign?
> >
> > Yes, this is true  --  but according to info on pg.09 of PRMA tome on
> > WP:::::::
> >
> > """.......destination signs were color coded, with no two connecting
> > lines using the same colors."""       So No Problem with Fairchance and
> > Dawson being same colors.
> >
> > Jim__Holland
> 
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