Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Car Painting and Lettering

Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Car Painting and Lettering by Charles Blardone. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780961972905.

Invaluable reference work for anyone interested in the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad or in modeling it. The authors provide detailed explanations of the evolution of each paint scheme and lettering design and placement. The book is divided into sections: the Great Red Fleet, the Raymond Loewy cars, the PRR cars in transcontinental service, PRR Pullmans on Texas and Oklahoma routes, the PRR in joint service with the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Airline, PRR joint service with the Southern, PRR service with the NYNH&H and the Boston & Maine, and special assignment cars. Illustrated throughout with mostly black and white as well as some color photos, as well as many blueprints, schematic diagrams, advertisements, etc. Includes two pages of color samples. 127 pages.