[PRCo] Re: PTM West Penn cars

[John Swindler]

Hi Ed
 
There is a pix of 739 partially re-painted on Bruce Wells' website of the 'Blimp Hanger cars".  Thought there was also a 3/4 view of the car as currently repainted.
 
Might also be some pix of 739 on the roster page of PTM's website, but these are a bit older.
 
If someone is really serious about the shade of green in the early years, perhaps a paint chip from 722 will give a hint.  Would suspect there is a 50/50 chance that green paint was not stripped from the cars prior to repainting in orange.  Just a guess. 
 
John
 
 
> From: trams2 at comcast.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PTM West Penn cars> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 07:32:27 -0500> > It was I who misunderstood! Yes, one side of 739 has been partially> painted. No work has occurred on the windows, though, and no real body work> was done beforehand. I don't know how much of it I can get in the frame> with the distance available, but next time I'm up at the TDB with my camera,> I'll try. It's an 18mm (translates to 27mm on the digital camera) lens but> I think it will still take two photos.> > 832 has received no paint since about 1948. It will be moving to the shop> sometime this summer for rebuilding, so new paint is probably scheduled for> 2011-12!> > The 200s were originally maroon, but about 1905 West Penn chose a new> bluish-green because it stood up better under the coke oven emissions (there> is actually a news article about this) and didn't require as frequent> repainting. Everything was then painted that way, but in 1917 the color was> changed to orange for better visibility as a result of a fatal accident. A> motorist couldn't see a green car coming out of the woods. It took several> years to get the fleet repainted, but the orange stayed until the end.> > Too bad there was no color film available to the masses in the 1900-1917> era.> > -----Original Message-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT R> ROCKWELL> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:51 PM> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PTM West Penn cars> > Sorry, Ed, maybe I misunderstood. I thought I read that one side of 832 and> the 700 car had been repainted at PTM and that current paint job is what I> was referring to here.> As for other eras, I always wondered what color 212 was when it was a very> dark color with large maybe gold or white lettering (no triangle logo).> Orange book p 20.> > > > Robert Rockwell> w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>> ----- Original Message -----> From: Edward H. Lybarger<mailto:trams2 at comcast.net>> To:> pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:24 PM> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PTM West Penn cars> > > 700s? 830s? Year (or era) of repaint? I need more information!> > -----Original Message-----> From:> pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bou> nce at lists.dementia.org>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT> R> ROCKWELL> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:46 PM> To: pittsburgh-railways> Subject: [PRCo] PTM West Penn cars> > Does anyone have a pix of the repainted WP cars (full side view) ?> > Robert Rockwell> > w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com%3Cmailto:w3syt1 at m> sn.com>>> > > > > > > > > 
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