[PRR-talk] PRR Building Colors & Time Line [brown & buff Ohio 1945-1965]

[Frederick Ripley]

On Apr 3, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Ryan Hoover wrote:

In central Ohio, PRR’s wooden buildings were brown and buff in the  
postwar period thru 1960s. Worthington tower was always that color  
from 1947 (when I started noticing) to teardown (mid-’60’s) although  
by that time, the building was mostly gray weathered wood with some  
peeling and flaking patches of faded buff and brown paint remnants.



Although I don't have the book in front of me, I'm reminded of a  
photo in Don Ball's "PRR The '40's & '50's" of MONON tower on the  
Panhandle
on the west side of Pittsburgh.   As I recall, the tower has the buff/ 
brown scheme, and is a good color representation of this standard  
postwar scheme on Lines West towers.
For anyone who has the book to consult, do you agree?

Fred R.
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