Back in the late 1960's a Mr. Alfred Pearlman took over as president of the Western Pacific. One of the first things he did was replace the classy Orange and Silver paint on locomotives with a dark green paint called "Pearlman Green" Us railfans promptly named it "Pearlman Puke. It just didn't measure up to teh Orange and Silver it replaced
Originally the GP-35's had a single lense headlight that was replaced with the twin sealed beam lights later on.
A different shade of green was used for their paperwork: http://www.train-orders.com/TOUR/W/WPR/WPR.html
The GP-35's used this type of headlight originally. It was recessed between the numberboards instead of sticking out like on this Geep
Ah, yes, Perlman Green: Western Pacific GP20 #2004 in Milpitas, Ca. by WPZephyrFan posted May 31, 2010 at 12:16 PM Western Pacific GP20 #2007 switches the old Ford plant in Milpitas, Ca. by WPZephyrFan posted May 31, 2010 at 12:16 PM
I'm really hoping Micro-Trains will release their SW1500 in WP colors. My buddy Chuck seems to be pretty positive they will.
Yeah the green just looked somber to me, that's a good picture of 1503, I think it looks better on switchers than it did on the road units, WP is almost always silver and orange in my head.
Yeah the green just looked somber to me, that's a good picture of 1503, I think it looks better on switchers than it did on the road units, WP is almost always silver and orange in my head.
The only orange and silver units that I've seen are in museums. I don't remember seeing any New Image units, either. I did see ex WP that were repainted in UP colors. Somewhere I have photos of one of the F units and a GP7 being stored in Oakland.
I found them. I thought they were on Rail Images but wasn't sure. Western Pacific GP7 #713 & F7 #918 sit in Oakland, Ca. before restoration. by WPZephyrFan posted Apr 29, 2010 at 7:26 AM WP GP7 #713 by WPZephyrFan posted Apr 29, 2010 at 7:26 AM WP F7 #918 by WPZephyrFan posted Apr 29, 2010 at 7:26 AM
