There were three NYC 10-6 sleepers assigned to run through service on the Union Pacific in the mid 1950s. They were the Clinton River, Chicopee River and Connecticut River, all Pullman-Standard Plan 4123, lot 6790 cars. Were these cars ever painted in UP colors or did they remain in two tone gray during this service? On the UtahRails.net site, it gives dates for repainting to UP but also includes a correction submitted by someone stating that they were not. UP was very picky about the paint on foreign varnish in their trains.
Offhand, I have no answer, but on ATSF run through cars, I have seen photos of them out west and maintaining their NY Central colors and identity. Let me see if I can find any more info. :tb-confused:
Russell, the photos that I remember were not from the west, but of Santa Fe stainless cars in the middle of the 20th Century Limited in the east. I rediscovered them in Karl Zimmermann's 20th Century Limited. In that same book are reprints of a June 1946 folder which shows no less than five different coast-to-coast connections, including interchanges with AT&SF, C&NW+UP, CRI&P+SP, all to Los Angeles, and C&NW+UP+SP and CB&Q+DRG&W+WP to San Francisco. I would have loved to ride that last one. So this coast to coast stuff started before the '50's. Further research in Richard Cook's The Twentieth Century Limited 1938-1967 shows all of the cars purchased for the revision of the Century in 1948, including no less than 97 "River" series 10-6's from Pullman. I seriously doubt that the Central would have had any of those cars repainted to match UP. I am certain that I have seen photos of NYC cars in the two-tone gray somewhere in the west, but I can't recall where nor find them in any of my books. Sorry. :tb-sad:
I have photos of NYC TTG cars on the Santa Fe Chief. However, it seems just about all the photos I have of the UP trains are only of the head end power and the first half of the train.
