Re: North Coast passenger cars finally sold - link
Author: Jeff Moore
Date: 11-14-2011 - 22:08
> Can't see any of them being painted in that
> scheme back then unless it was to be behind
> the Daylight.
>Possibly to match the Eureka Southern daylight colors from their last assignment? Both >reasons could be one in the same though...
If I'm not mistaken, these cars were originally part of the Sierra Western fleet and painted green and white. McCloud River used three or four of them in their early 1980's excursions. The SP paint came about as part of the Daylight trip to Louisiana, and their service on the EUKA came after that.
Jeff Moore
Elko, NV