@mlaughlinnyc posted:If you want to recreate the image of the PRR in the 40's through 60's, Brunswick green with the stripes is the way to go. I've seen hundreds of PRR trains between 1949 and 1967. during that time we regarded the various other schemes as oddities. The single gold strip was a tragic occurrence
The color schemes used to publicize certain trains didn't mean a specific set of locomotives was used for those trains. I general, each train got the engine that was first out on the ready track when the crew came on duty.
Some motors had regular assignments. The sole R1 class, 4999 generally worked the westbound Broadway Limited to Harrisburg, returning to New York on a mail and express run. She was retired in 1958.
