City of Los Angeles, 16th Train, 1950

Interior Color Charts

Budd 10-6 Sleeper - "Pacific Island"

UP ordered 50 sleepers from Budd for delivery in 1950. When delivered, some cars had the two-tone grey "Overland" paint scheme and some the Streamliner Yellow paint scheme; 25 cars of each color. To further complicate things each exterior color had two different interior color schemes; 12-13 of each exterior color group had a "Group 1" interior color scheme and the rest had the "Group 2" interior color scheme (all according to the PCL list on Yahoo). Pacific Island belonged to the Group 2 (and incidentally was delivered in the Streamliner yellow scheme from the beginning). All cars did eventually get the Streamliner Yellow scheme.

The two interior color schemes were in short as follows:

• Group 1
• Walls and ceiling: Gray to match DuPont #11418
• Roller shades: Cream/exterior face silver
• Floors: Red rubber/Rust carpet
• Porters seat: Leather - persimmon
• Cabins (roomettes): Walls gray - upholstery blue-green, curtains blue
• Bedrooms: Walls cream DuPont #11092
• Upholstery: sofas terra cotta, folding chairs turquoise

• Group 2
• Walls and ceiling: Blue to match DuPont #11516
• Roller shades: Cream/exterior face silver
• Floors: Red rubber/Rust carpet
• Porters seat: Leather - persimmon
• Cabins (roomettes): Walls cream
• Bedrooms: Walls blue DuPont # 11516
• Upholstery: sofas blue gray, folding chairs terra cotta

Detailed Chart for Group 2

The colors that were used are not easy to determine anymore. Here is a guess and these are the colors I will try to match in the model.

Acknowledgments

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