"PC" in Color |
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 Mike Schafer photo at Newark, New Jersey in June 1968 |
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During the early months of the Penn Central merger, the newly formed railroad painted several
locomotives with an experimental scheme that featured a red-colored "P" and white "C". There
were also a small number of new GP40s delivered that wore an orange-colored "C" and a white
"P". The rarest of the bunch might be a solitary RS3 that also wore an orange "C." It did
not take long for road grime and ultra-violet rays of sunshine to change the red to pink.
A plash of yellow color has been added here to provide a little bit of contrast. To a roster
shooter, these PC-logo variants were similar to a kid finding a prize for the first time in
a box of cracker Jacks.
The intent here is not to exhibit all of the nearly 170 Penn Central locos with color-filled "Ps" or "Cs" but to show a single representative from each model similarly painted. Please also note there were several Alco and EMD-built switchers, along with one Baldwin, that wore a red colored "P". Those locos will be featured at a later date. | |
