Re: North Coast passenger cars finally sold - link
Author: MG42
Date: 01-12-2012 - 14:58
WAF Wrote:
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> 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
One of the cars in Willits still is painted in the NP scheme.