LIRR
Passenger Car Lettering Schemes
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Except for special name trains, steam locomotives only had “ LONG ISLAND ” on their tenders. Heralds really came into use with the arrival of diesel
locomotives.
When the first diesels arrived, they only had “ LONG ISLAND ” in gold lettering, a practice most likely used as on the steamers. The first herald for diesels appeared in November 1949 when Alco RS-1 #465 wore the new Tichy herald along with the Tichy paint scheme. This was applied to passenger locomotives only. The FM C-Liners arrived in 1950 with this paint scheme already applied, as did the H16-44s upon their
delivery.
The Tichy colors were applied to passenger cars as well, with MP54 electric coach #1901 being the first to wear them. According to the December 1949 issue of the employee magazine, Long Island Railroader, these colors consisted of a bright aluminum color roof, slate gray body, and dark green underbody. “Lettering is in aluminum, and numerals are in red against an aluminum background.”
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LIRR Passenger Paint Schemes 1900-1970
Author/Archive: Michael V. Boland
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Delux
gold font lettering used for DULUX gold lettering in Penn Roman font with the Tuscan Red color scheme.
Photo courtesy from Art Huneke's website
which shows the color
scheme in question on an MP41 car.
While it's not an MP54 car, the color scheme was identical: While
the paint has been faded and, perhaps, the color dies as well, you
can see the Penn Roman lettering and car numbers on the side were DULUX
gold lettering and the car
numbers stenciled in the end windows were white. This was for the Tuscan
Red scheme only. Info: Dave Keller
Dulux Gold was a DuPont color that simulated real gold for lettering. The Tuscan Red cars used that after real gold, or gilt, lettering got too costly. The letter style (or typeface, as we usually speak today), was a PRR design known today as Penn Roman - not sure what its original name was. Tichy and Goodfellow used Futura, which is a very famous design - it is the letter design chosen for the cornerstone of the new Freedom Tower at WTC.
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Tichy
had white numbers underlined in red in the windows, white lettering and
perhaps red or gray (can't determine from this photo) numbers on the car
sides. Info: Dave Keller.
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MU20
#4147 Jamaica 06/69 Goodfellow era paint scheme had white letters and red side numbers and RED car numbers stenciled in the end windows.
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MU20
#4920 Jamaica 10/1969 Goodfellow era paint scheme had white letters and red side numbers and RED car numbers stenciled in the end
windows.
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MU20
#4156 Jamaica 03/1970 Goodfellow era paint scheme had white letters and red side numbers and RED car numbers stenciled in the end.
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MP75 #2525 in New York World's Fair colors.
Photo/Info: Dave Keller
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Private
car “Smithtown” with aluminum painted roof and Futura lettering
at Morris Park Shops yard –
5/18/40
Archive: Dave Keller
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MU
#1725 in experimental aluminum paint color scheme -
Jamaica
– 2/12/37
Photo: George E. Votava Archive: D. Keller
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Private
car “American
Dream” Owner: Al Coleman 6/1986
Port
Jefferson Photo: John Fusto |
P72 #2920 blue experimental stripe c.1963
Photo: Henry Maywald Archive: Mike Boland
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LIRR/MTA PASSENGER PAINT SCHEMES
By Mike Boland |
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GP38-2 #258 P72's train in MTA #1 scheme
westbound at
Kew Gardens c.1980 Archive/Photo: Mike Boland |
P72 #2938 Port Jefferson MTA #1 scheme c.1970's
Photo/Archive: Mike Boland |
Parlor #2000 at Morris Park Train #206 eastbound leaving Jamaica
5/22/1981 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke |
P72 #2902 Mineola MTA #2 scheme
Archive/Photo: Mike Boland |
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P72 2902 MTA #3 scheme Archive/Photo:
Mike Boland |
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Semaphore Jan-Feb 1991 Modeling LIRR Passenger Paint
Schemes Under The MTA by Mike Boland |
P72 #2907 ex-bar car and sandite car at Ronkonkoma
10 /02/2006 Photo/Archive: Paul Strubeck |