[PRCo] Re: 1711

[Fred Schneider]

Shows how blind I was.  I ran the car many times and didn't even realize the
tan and cream wasn't there.

Maybe it is like mentally filling in the last notes of a song that the radio
chops for for the station break.   It's supposed to be tan, therefore it is.

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> 1711 came to PTM with the blue interior.  It didn't go away until the car
> was redone at Elmira a couple years ago.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Mark
> McGuire
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:18 PM
> To: Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] 1711
>
>   I recently sent Ed  3 slides which I acquired for PTM to keep.
> It took me quite some time to find photos of 1711 in the final livery
> of o/w/o AND in service. A question came to me about this final
> livery. 1711 was painted in the second scheme(gray#2) in 1966. With
> this came a repainted interior and new seat colors(covers?).
> The interior was painted a shade of blue of which I don't know
> the technical name. My question is this: Was the interior color of
> 1711 still this shade of blue when it was repainted to o/w/o in
> 1975? Did it arrive at PTM this way? Anyone know the technical name
> of this color? Thanks!
>
>                              Mark
>
> PS- My SPTC 1711 which is painted in gray#2 is perfect! Even the
>     interior is painted correctly.