Re: PC: What if?

[Jerry Jordak <jer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Osterhus wrote:

> When I was surfing the web awhile ago, I found some simple 
> line-drawlings of PRR and NYC locomotives...I was just screwing around 
> with them, when it hit me;  why not put PC lettering on them (but, in 
> the same colors and styles used by the PRR and NYC, etc.)? Well, I went 
> ahead with it, and now have a PRR-wannabe PC E8.  I left the drawings 
> alone, except for the lettering.  Imagine a tuscan red E8A with 5 gold 
> stripes on it, with "Penn Central" lettering on it! NYC F7s don't look 
> to bad either!

According to Yanosey's _Penn Central Power_, there were a couple of
Penn Central E8's which were painted tuscan red and carried PC emblems.
I've never seen a photo of them myself, though. So Chris' "fantasy
drawing" is a lot closer to prototypical than he thought!

Later,
-Jer