Re: PC: LV cars painted like PC

["Jim Kosty" <j_kosty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In addition, PC owned 90 - some % of LV, so my sources say that PC gave cash 
- starved LV a lot of Deepwater Green paint to use, hence the 40 rebuilds 
and cabooses that were in PC green too.  The X58 cars were actually painted 
in Century (jade) Green, the NYC color, which differed from PC green in that 
it was more of a blueish, lighter shade than PC green.
Jim Kosty


>From: DougTblood -AT- aol.com
>Reply-To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
>To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
>Subject: Re: PC: LV cars painted like PC
>Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 08:09:05 EST
>
>In a message dated 2/2/00 10:12:21 PM EST, ns4610 -AT- bluegrass.net writes:
>
><< In the March TRAINS,there is a photo of the D&H sharks as well as LV 
>power.
>  What interested me most was that line of boxcars that trails off to the 
>left
>  rear. Last car appears PC,while the first is definitely LV. My 
>question,and
>  I am a self professed PC carpet-bagger from the near south,is what
>  relationship was there between PC and LV that would produce like adorned
>  cars,except for reporting marks?
>   >>
>
>The Lehigh Valley had boxcars that were identical to PRR X58 class, down
>to the point of carrying X58B class markings on them; these cars were 
>white.
>They also had similar cars that were built at the Despatch Shops ( NYC);
>these were the green cars and they came in both insulated and "regular" 
>:^).
>The green cars had the defacto NYC style ends on them ( similar to the
>Pullman Standard ends, but not identical), as well as NYC font data 
>stencils.
>
>Doug
>

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