[PRCo] Re: 1711

[Ken & Tracie]

I rode 1711 at PTM the weekend the Drake line shut down. It was before the 
car was sent to Elmira. I remember looking under the car and being shocked 
by the condition of the underside. That noted, I remember (and possibly 
incorrectly) that the interior was no longer blue.

I asked either Ed or Scott Becker about that and one of them told me the 
blue interiors were PAT era repaintings and the 1711 was repainted in PRCo 
interior colors when the exterior was returned to its original red and 
cream. The interior was a yellowish cream and brown(?) or something similar 
before the car went to Elmira.

I think 1713 was still blue inside when PAT repainted the exterior in red 
and cream, during the "pantograph era."

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 4:12 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1711


>
> Thanks Ed! That answers all of my questions. I rode the PCCs a bunch
> in the mod era but can't remember the blue interiors except on the
> gray cars. When I first visited PTM after 1711 had been sent to Elmira,
> it brought back many fond memories. The interior was exactly as I had
> remembered. I thought it was more of a brown and creme.
>
>                            Mark
>
> PS- I actually liked the blue interior. If memory serves me correctly,
>    it was almost like the blue inside of Red Arrow 14.
>
>