Heavyweight
Cars:
* Prior to
1934 - Cars painted Pullman green - roof, underbody and trucks
painted black. 5" Roman style gold leaf lettering ( headend cars
used yellow lettering). Dining cars, coaches and headend cars
lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL. Boston and Albany cars lettered BOSTON
& ALBANY. MCRR and CCC&STL cars lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL
LINES with 3" sublettering. P&LE and P&E cars lettered
NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES with 3" sublettering. Car numbers
centered over each truck.
* 1934 to
1937 - Cars painted Pullman green - roof, underbody and trucks
painted black. 5" Roman style gold leaf lettering ( headend cars
used yellow lettering). Dining cars, coaches and headend cars
lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL. Car numbers moved to center of car. Cars
shopped for Air Conditioning received a 2-1/2" 'C' under the car
number. Boston and Albany cars lettered BOSTON & ALBANY. MCRR and
CCC&STL cars lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES with 3"
sublettering. P&LE and P&E cars lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL
LINES with 3" sublettering.
* 1937 to
1939 - Cars painted Pullman green - roof, underbody and trucks
painted black. 5" Roman style gold leaf lettering ( headend cars
used yellow lettering). Dining cars, coaches and headend cars
lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL. Car numbers moved to center of car. Cars
shopped for Air Conditioning received a 2-1/2" 'C' under the car
number. Boston and Albany cars lettered BOSTON & ALBANY. MCRR and
CCC&STL cars renumbered and lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL with no
sublettering. P&LE and P&E cars lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL
SYSTEM with sublettering above car number.
* Starting in
1939 - Cars painted Pullman green with Gothic style imitation gold (
yellow ) lettering. Dining cars, coaches and headend cars lettered
NEW YORK CENTRAL. Cars shopped for Air Conditioning received a
2-1/2" 'C' under the car number. Boston and Albany cars lettered
BOSTON & ALBANY. P&LE, PMcK&Y and P&E cars lettered
NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM with sublettering. Road initials 3" -
car numbers 5"
* Starting in
1940 - Cars painted Pacemaker green ( similar to Pullman green - also
called Dupont green #83-D39527 ) with Gothic style imitation gold (
yellow ) lettering. Dining cars, coaches and headend cars lettered
NEW YORK CENTRAL. Cars shopped for Air Conditioning received a
2-1/2" 'C' under the car number. Boston and Albany cars lettered
BOSTON & ALBANY. P&LE, PMcK&Y and P&E cars lettered
NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM with sublettering. Road initials 3" -
car numbers 5"
* Before 1953
- Pullman cars assigned to the NYC were painted Pullman green and
lettered PULLMAN. Cars remained lettered PULLMAN after purchased by
NYC at the end of 1948.
* After March
6, 1953 - Cars equipped with air conditioning and some headend cars
repainted into the post 1948 two-tone grey scheme - same colors and
lettering as the lightweight cars, except roof and underframe is F-1
car cement ( black ). NYC owned former Pullman cars lettered PULLMAN.
Dining cars, coaches and headend cars lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL. Only
83 of 379 former Pullman cars painted in this scheme
* After May
1954 - Cars equipped with air conditioning repainted into the post
1948 two-tone grey scheme - same colors and lettering as the
lightweight cars, except roof and underframe is F-1 car cement (
black ). NYC owned former Pullman cars lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL and
sublettered PULLMAN at the ends. Dining cars, coaches and headend
cars lettered NEW YORK CENTRAL. Only 59 of 379 former Pullman cars
painted in this scheme.
* Starting in
1957 Boston and Albany cars relettered NEW YORK CENTRAL. Cars with
air conditioning painted two-tone grey - non air conditioned cars
painted Pacemaker green.
* After May
1958 - Headend cars painted solid grey. Lettering remains aluminum gray.
Some cars
received the following paint schemes between 1966 and 1968:
* After July
1966 - air conditioned coaches painted two-tone gray with top
aluminum stripe removed.
* After
October 1966 - air conditioned coaches painted Pacemaker green with
imitation gold lettering and no stripes - though paint diagram
instructions stated to use up grey paint first ( resulting in some
cars painted solid grey ).
* After
December 1966 - air conditioned coaches painted Pacemaker green with
imitation gold lettering and stripes.
* Starting in
January 1968 - air conditioned coaches painted dark grey with
aluminum gray lettering and stripes.
Other paint
schemes and notes:
* Pacemaker
cars painted BROWN with yellow striping and red ovals above car numbers
* Motor Queen
cars painted BROWN with FAWN window band.
* James
Whitcomb Riley cars painted grey with ORANGE window band.
* Streamlined
Mercury cars painted two-tone grey with silver accents.
* A 'C'
located under the car number meant the car was equipped with air conditioning.
* An 'F'
located under the car number meant the car was equipped with ceiling fans.
* A
1-1/2" diameter solid circle under the car number meant the car
was equipped with bulkhead fans
* A 2"
star above the car number meant the car was used as a crew coach with
no change in car number.
* A '•'
located under the car number meant the car was equipped with bulkhead fans.
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