[PRCo] Re: Winter

Fred Schneider fschnei at supernet.com
Wed Jun 1 13:24:58 EDT 2005


This was really screwed up.  Delete the word any in line number 2.  fws
Fred Schneider wrote:

> In the years I looked at Pittsburgh ... starting about 1952 ... I do not
> remember any many in the "miscellaneous" or "M" series that were not painted
> solid orange with black trim.  Same applied to the freight motors F-1 through
> F-9.   The exceptions were M-10 (which was the normal low floor orange with
> maroon doors and sash, M-11 which remained in the standard PCC livery, and some
> of the single truck former passenger cars which remained in solid deep red,
> such as the pay car M-1 and some of the older rail grinders and sand cars.  The
> portable rail grinders R55 and R59 were also orange.
>
> "Edward G. Skuchas" wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > Thank you and others who provided me with this information.  Not living
> > there at that time, I don't remember it even from photos.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > > From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
> > > Reply-To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > > Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 20:03:26 -0700 (PDT)
> > > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Winter
> > >
> > > M-1276 during 1963 in orange with a red and cream PCC
> > > in the background:
> > >
> > > http://206.103.49.193/pitts/htm/jtp58.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > --- "Edward G. Skuchas" <eskuchas at comcast.net> wrote:
> > >> Boris,
> > >>
> > >> What are the colors used for the "plow" PCC?  Did
> > >> they just stripe the front
> > >> and retain the red and cream colors on the rest of
> > >> the body?
> > >>
> > >> I always enjoy nice snow scenes and these were very
> > >> nice to see.  Thanks for
> > >> heading out into the snow to take them, and to share
> > >> them with us.
> > >>
> > >> Ed
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> From: Boris Cefer <westinghouse at iol.cz>
> > >>> Reply-To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > >>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 19:26:50 +0200
> > >>> To: PRC <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > >>> Subject: [PRCo] Winter
> > >>>
> > >>> Content-Type: text/plain;
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> > >>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > >>> Several winter photos always refresh in hot summer
> > >> days. January 1964.
> > >>> Found today at Dave's Railpix.
> > >>>
> > >>> Boris
> > >>>
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> > >
> > >
> > >
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