Vintage Trolley Color Pics (continued - page 3)

The Standard Car Pack

Now for the main attraction. Here is the entire set. All I've said so far should make you look carefully at as much evidence as you can find concerning a given prototype. Bear in mind, also, that scanning and presenting on a computer screen represent another layer of uncertainties, but often it's the best we can do. Still, I think this set if illustrations is a valuable asset in determining the colors of the presented cars.



Illustrations


Standard No. C-35-A Long Spring Base Single Truck (Greenville Street Railway Company, Greenville, TX)



Standard No. 0-36 Light Weight Single Motor Maximum Traction "City and Suburban" Double Truck (Springfield Street Railway Company, Springfield, MA)

Postcard views of Springfield typically show red cars with cream above the belt rail. Newer photographs show the final paint scheme, which was yellow (lighter than the Connecticut Company, according to eye witnesses) with red windows and white posts. The paint scheme was the same as the Connecticut Company and the Berkshire Street Railway, except for the tone of the yellow. All three railways were owned by the New Haven Railroad.



Standard No. 0-45 Single Motor Maximum Traction "City and Suburban" Double Truck (Metropolitan Street Railway Company, New York, NY)

As discussed earlier, the Metropolitan and its successor, NY Railways, painted doors and windows cream. One can only surmise whether the scheme pictured here was ever used.


Standard No. 0-45 Single Motor Maximum Traction "City and Suburban" Double Truck (Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn, NY)



Standard No. 0-50 Short Wheel Base "City and Suburban" Double Truck (Connecticut Company)

Virtually every photograph of a Connecticut Company car I've seen has dark letters and numbers. Restored cars use red. The shadowed white shown here may have been in use at one time. Roofs are generally remembered as being anywher from gray to black, and trucks are generally black, though it's quite reasonable that some may have been red at one time.

Connecticut Company cars are widely modeled in New England, and restored examples can be seen in the New England trolley museums. Most debate among modelers has to do with the exact color yellow.

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