Re: PC: NYC GP-40 Handrails

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What color's yellow after it's old and faded and dirty?   You might think
it was once white.   Here's a suggestion - if the handrails are black now,
go ahead and paint them white - yellow paint doesnt always like to look the
way it should, painted over dark colors, so if white's wrong you can always
go back and fix it -

Bill K.

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> From: NES3524 -AT- aol.com
> To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
> Subject: Re: PC: NYC GP-40 Handrails
> Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 2:21 AM
> 
> Thanks for the replies.  Well, I had thought that the question as to
whether 
> the hand rails were white or yellow would be a ground ball for someone,
but 
> there seems to be an interesting difference of opinion.  These are the 
> replies so far:
> 
> << There are excellent all color photos in "New York Central System, Gone
But
>  Not Forgotten", by H.F. Cavanaugh.  All handrails shown in pre-merger
paint
>  schemes including GP-40's are yellow.  Edges of steps are both yellow or
>  left black from what I can tell, some steps are too dirty to tell. >>
> 
> <<NYC GP40's had white hand rails>>
> 
> Anyone want to be the tie-breaker?!
> 
> Ned