[PRCo] Re: 1717

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The paint schemes were designed by the folks at Peter Muller-Munk
Associates, a local design firm. My father employed them in the 1940s and
1950s to help design hearing aid cases (this was a time when hearing aids
were worn on the body rather than in the ear!).

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:05 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1717

 
 
Not according to the local Pittsburgh newspaper, Fred.  And Early Action
Program was much more then just TERL (Skybus).
 
It was a consultant that came up with three suggested color schemes for PAT
around 1970.  One was a traditional horizontal livery.  The second was the
vertical 'bread slice' scheme that was adopted.  The third was more radical.

 
The PAT board voted to go with the vertical paint scheme, as illustrated by
1717, but one of the board members was quoted in the newspaper as saying
"but we have to have one of these"  And that's how 1730 eventually appeared
as the "Mod Desire" trolley, or "Gee whiz, gosh and golly, look at that far
out trolley".  (title from news article) 
 
Six basic colors were authorized:  red, orange, yellow, dark green, dark
blue, and probably white.  Any other colors were later add-ons.  
 
But HHG was instrumental in making it happen. 
 
So why did 1616 become 1776 (aka "opps - we can't count")
 
John
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1717> Date: Sun, 27 Jan
2008 18:07:09 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org; pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> Sadly, Harold Geissenheimer, who was responsible for all those > colorful
PCC cars in the 1970s is not in good health. He got a lot > of good media
coverage because of them.> > Carl Salley, who ran the Early Action Program
for the Port Authority > (the Skybus proposal) is near death of cancer in an
Allentown, > Pennsylvania hospital.> > On Jan 27, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Phillip
Clark Campbell wrote:> > > http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?40041> >> >>
>> > The net is a nice place isn't it. Just found this photo which is a > >
reminder of more wonderful times when 1717 ran to Washington; if I > > could
find my notes I may have ridden this car to Washington. > > Great graffiti
artist as well isn't he.> >> >> >> >> >> > Phil> >> >> >> >> > > >
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