webbcompound Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I know that the Pennsylvania has a fairly bright Tuscan Red in the 30s, and that several roads used Pullman Green, but were there any 1st Class Roads whose cars carried other colour schemes in the 30s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The 30s were very colourful (the second half of it anyway) like blue B&O, grey NYC... And there was some stainless steel. Kalmbach issued a guide to colors used on Pullman cars from 33-69 by Arthur Dubin. Do you have a specific question on a color/road? Regards Fred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2020 It would almost be the case that few Class 1s with a worthwhile passenger service didn't make a show of their premium trains in that era. While many restricted their colours to the diesel locos, with stainless steel for the cars, UP yellow, Illinois Central green on their Green Diamond, Milwaukee's grey, orange and maroon, GM&O red and cream Rebel, MOPAC's blue and cream and SP's red and orange Daylights are just a few of the colourful liveries on offer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 My cut off point is the end of 1940 . All my diesels (well the three I have) are switchers and were painted in black (IC 9007, EJ&E 401 and EJ&E 213). I have Pennsylvania, Illinois Central, and Erie stock, But I was wondering whether any of the lines coming into Chicago had different coloured cars. I don't think I will be scratch building the Green Diamond (!) and the City of Miami is just too late (December 40). The B&O Capitol Limited, and the NYC Mercury are possibles, as is the UP 49er although like everything it is a matter of sourcing the rolling stock (HO) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I think for Chicago you can have (amongst others) the NYC 20th Century Ltd, the B&O Capitol Ltd, the Chicago & North Western 400, the Alton Ltd, the PRR Broadway Ltd, the ATSF California Ltd and the Chief and the Milwaukee road Hiawatha. For all of these you can find pictures of H0 (and other gauges) models in chapter 7 of my e-book on Luxury trains (free to read or download): http://sncf231e.nl/non-ciwl-luxury-trainssmall/ Regards Fred 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Wow Fred/sncf231e! What a stunning collection, and an excellent starting point resource. thanks for posting it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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