I’m looking for the date diesel handhelds started to be painted yellow. I know that as part of a safety mandate, the PRR started to paint cabin car side and vertical corner handholds Chrome Yellow in January 1949. Before then they were the color of the car or black. Did this mandate also covered all cars and engines or just the cabins?
Thanks
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Ron,
it was system wide. many units also had white grabs before 1949. As unit came in for shopping they would get repainted, so in the 1949-1952 or so period you'd have a mix of grab colors.
Chris,
I figured the mandate covered all equipment, but I could not find any info on it. Thank you.
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