Supermicha,
The PRR did have some sleepers painted in UP's streamliner colors. They first ran on "The Los Angeles Limited" and then later on the streamliners. I don't know how many cars they painted in UP colors but I think they were in PRR "Rapids" series of sleepers. Someone else may be able to give you more information.
Paul
During 1954 PRR’s Stoney Rapids and Tippecanoe Rapids were painted in Union Pacific yellow with gray roof and red pin stripes. By 1957 both were repainted back to PRR Tuscan.
Doc
I did a little more research and found some more PRR cars painted in Union Pacific yellow. They were:
Buffalo Rapids
Bedford Inn
Coatesville Inn
Samuel Vaughan Merrick
Allegheny County
City Of St. Louis
Imperial Range
Cascade
It seems there might be more but there are few records available. Their UP service was only for a short while and they were repainted to Tuscan.
PRR seemed eager to paint cars since they even painted stainless steel Budd cars, which were built so painting was unnecessary.
Bedford Inn and Coatesville Inn were 22-roomette cars which were painted Armour Yellow and assigned to the "City of Denver" in Chicago-Denver service as UP's response to the Slumbercoaches assigned to the re-equipped "Denver Zephyr" in 1956.
About 20? years ago, there were two books published, the first, Classic Trains; the second, More Classic Trains.
One of them had a chapter on Pennsy cars and their paint schemes. I haven't looked in the books in a number of years but do remember some pictures. Most were in black and white.
Mel Hazen
Jax, FL
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The PRR historical society has a book all about PRR passenger cars that is phenomenal. It traces every paint scheme from almost the inception of passenger service. Toward the end the PRR was a great believer in cooperation among the railroads and willingly painted cars in many railroad colors. Among them were cars compatible with : ATSF Chief, UP cities, SP Overland Route, Zephyr, Rock Island Golden State, Mopac Eagles, SLSF MKT Texas Special and Meteor, ACL and SAL Flroida trains, SR to Atlanta and New Orleans. The main reason for failure of the service was the time involved in switching the car into another train in either Chicago or St Louis. Color photos of all these cars are in the book titled "Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Car Painting and Lettering" by Blardone and Tilp. It is invaluable for detailing PRR cars including all those B60b's out there.
The transcon sleepers never ran in the City of Los Angeles until 1954, did they? Maybe the City of SF too? So no need for them to be yellow until then.
(I checked the 10/53 Guide-- the City of SF had no transcon sleepers then.)
daveklepper wrote:Generally, if I remember correctly, the through cars to LA were handled on the General and not on the Broadway which kept its all Tuscan Red appearance.
Dunno about its appearance, but the Broadway and 20th Century both carried transcon sleepers in the early 1950s, for the Chief if nothing else. Probably they shifted to the Super in 1/54.
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