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UP Psgr car paint

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UP Psgr car paint
Posted by jimrice4449 on Friday, September 10, 2004 9:53 PM
From the inception of the Streamliner era UP has used yellow as their basic color for psgr equipment. Prior tp WWII the roof, underbody & trucks were brown but just before WWII they changed from brown to grey. After WWII the trucks color was changed to silver. Does anybody out there have a month and year date for the chamnge from grey trucks to silver.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 10:03 PM
What? Weren't you satisfied with the 2 detailed responses you got to this question on the "general information" topic?
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 11, 2004 12:05 PM
I QUOTE from the book by Ranks and Kratville "It was not until March 26, 1952 that it was announced that all Union Pacific passenger equipment would be painted in Streamliner colors (Armour Yellow, Harbor Mist gray and aluminim.). Ch

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