My aunt who commuted daily on the Paoli Local told me that in the first days of the merger, a lead car on that train was painted in jade green. That inapropriate choice was scoffed at by the public and the olive drab was quickly substituted. I think the first PC painted car was 451. It was the only one to have "Penn Central" on the letterboard and a set of worms next to each door. later repaints deleted the letterboard and the final PC '54s had a single reflective white stripe just under the window line and larger worms below it at each end. SIlverliners were another story. Anything went with them. Some had white worms on a black background, others had black stenciled worms right on the stainless steel. I think that is when the Pennslyvania letterboard on the Budd SIIs began to be covered up. SIIIs had the PRR logo next to the doors. Can't remember if many of them were covered with white on black worms. When the SIVs began to aririve, ethey had black PC worms by each dooe and worms and Septa meatball on the front.
I would love to see a color photo of the jade MP54!
I would love to see a color photo of the jade MP54!
