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Nostalgia & History > Time for some WP cabeese.Date: 03/19/06 09:25 Time for some WP cabeese. Author: UPNW2-1083 Here's a shot of the 427 from 9-75.-BMT
The second and third shots are before and after repainting of the 480. The first from September '75 and the second from January '78.    Date: 03/19/06 09:47 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: shtinkypuppie Cool pictures, but I must ask... why, in the first picture, does the signal and rear coupler look blue-green?
Date: 03/19/06 10:00 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: cpn shtinkypuppie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Cool pictures, but I must ask... why, in the first > picture, does the signal and rear coupler look > blue-green? I seem to remember someone mentioning that the Western Pacific painted all the signal devices a light green of some sort. I searched for the thread, but couldn't find it. Craig Date: 03/19/06 10:02 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: UPNW2-1083 shtinkypuppie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Cool pictures, but I must ask... why, in the first > picture, does the signal and rear coupler look > blue-green? It's not the coupler but the pot signal for the siding in the foreground, that's green. WP painted all their signals green.-BMT Date: 03/19/06 10:03 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: zephyrus In the 1970's, WP used a jade green paint on many of its signals and wayside buildings. It was a...unique look and very different from any other railroad.
The story I heard is that WP somehow ended up with a car full of this paint and decided to use it. Not sure if that's true or not. Z Date: 03/19/06 10:38 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: 4merroad4man I'm willing to bet that was an Al Perlman directive. We joked that the jade green should be called Perlman Green.
Date: 03/19/06 20:56 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: espeeboy zephyrus Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > In the 1970's, WP used a jade green paint on many > of its signals and wayside buildings. It was > a...unique look and very different from any other > railroad. Well, that Dubya Pee jade green sures looks nice with that Penn Central pig logo green! Date: 09/01/11 09:51 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: alamedafrank "Al Pearlman green" is correct; it also means $. WP stock was down to $8 a share when he arrived and his legacy is the mighty WP-UP-SP merger.
Date: 09/01/11 10:21 Re: Time for some WP cabeese. Author: WAF alamedafrank Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > "Al Pearlman green" is correct; it also means $. > WP stock was down to $8 a share when he arrived > and his legacy is the mighty WP-UP-SP merger. MOP-UP merger. SP wasn't involved |