Re: North Coast passenger cars finally sold - link
Author: WAF
Date: 11-15-2011 - 08:45
Jeff Moore Wrote:
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> > 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
You are correct, they originally were NP colors in the early 80s