Heavyweight Passenger Cars New York Central   As on many other railroads, the heavyweight passenger cars of the NYC were originally painted pullman green with yellow lettering and stiping. While the interiors were masterpieces of luxury and comfort, very little thought was given to external decoration. The streamliner era ushered in during the late 1930's changed all that. Most railroads adopted unique paint schemes involving bright colors and gleaming stainless steel. NYC entered this new era in 1936 with the introduction of The Mercury, their Cleveland-Detroit streamliner. Several paint schemes were tried over the next decade with mixed results until 1948, when the 20th Century Limited was re-equipped with cars wearing the newly-adopted Lightnig Stripes paint scheme.     Satisfied with the results, the NYC repainted their remaining smoothside and heavyweight cars to match. Most of their corrugated cars were left unpainted, but a few of these cars also received this simplified paint scheme. It would remain their standard passenger car livery for more than 20 years, until the 1968 merger with the New Haven and Pennsylvania railroads.   49490 (HO) HW Passenger Car - Baggage - New York Central 49491 (HO) HW Passenger Car - Coach - New York Central 49492 (HO) HW Passenger Car - Combine - New York Central 49493 (HO) HW Passenger Car - Diner - New York Central 49494 (HO) HW Passenger Car - 3-2 Observation - New York Central 49495 (HO) HW Passenger Car - Baggage Post Office - New York Central 49496 (HO) HW Passenger Car - 8-1-2 Sleeper - New York Central 49497 (HO) HW Passenger Car - 12-1 Sleeper - New York Central 49498 (HO) HW Passenger Car - 8 car set - New York Central

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