When and why did the Long Island Railroad paint their cabooses orange? Also, on the want to buy section of the forum, I am looking for an MTH 20-91163 LONG ISLAND RAILROAD CA-1Woodsided caboose. Contact Rich at E-Mail vze58n79@juno.com
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I'm no LIRR expert (just pretend to be) but the 50s and 60s found the LIRR using the World's Fair paint scheme of gray and orange hence orange on cabooses. I imagine visibility was also a factor.
Considering it was the LIRR, they probably got a deal and picked the paint up cheap somewhere.
I have no idea. However, I remember in the late '50s, hunting overcoats started to be offered in orange since it was felt to be more visable than red, for safty reasons.
Just a guess that LIRR was owned by PRR and focal orange was a color they used on their cabs ? or is my time line way off
