Back at you... the only reason the NYC had pinstripes was so the
employees could find the cars on all those drab dreary overcast days in
the East! Meanwhile the Hiawatha was still the nations fastest
passenger train into the late 60's but now wearing UP yellow and gray!
Bob Werre
Phototraxx
On 4/5/12 11:06 AM, Ed wrote:
> What a shame they chose to give it such a drab paint job. The Milwaukee
> was a colorful and resourceful railroad. If they wanted gray they
> should have used a NYC car! Long live maroon and orange!
>
> Bob Werre
The NYC was elegant and sophisticated with thin pinstripes. Others
looked like cheap dates. Not an opinion -- a fact! "S"miles....Ed L.
