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See also [[Red Line Fast Freight Paint Information]]

'''1868'''

Blue Line refrigerator cars are built to the same pattern of the normal boxcars but double walled and double roofed with 1-ton ice bunkers in each end. They are painted white "to reflect the rays of the sun."

''[https://archive.org/details/5088829_41/page/n110/mode/1up?q=painted| American Railroad Journal 1 February 1868 p102.]''

==Chicago, Burlington & Quincy==

'''1867'''

CB&Q Blue Line cars were painted blue.

[[File:The_Troy_Reporter_(Troy,_KS),_7_March_1867.png|400px]]

''The Troy Reporter (Troy, KS), 7 March 1867''

==Chicago & North-Western==

'''1873'''

C&NW Blue Line cars built in this year were painted blue.

[[File:Star_Tribune_(Minneapolis,_MN),_12_October_1873.png|400px]]

''Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), 12 October 1873''

==Great Western Railway of Canada==

'''1866'''

Painted blue with white lettering.

[[File:Ottawa_Daily_Citizen_(Ottawa,_ON),_16_November_1866.png|400px]]

''Ottawa Daily Citizen (Ottawa, ON), 16 November 1866''

'''1873'''

Painted ultramarine blue with white lettering drop shaded in black.

[[File:1873_Great_Western_Railway_of_Canada_freight_car_specifications,_Library_Archives_of_Canada.png|800px]]

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oqX1lgRJTGV2uLjuKt2sX5JFtw344Ufh/view?usp=drivesdk 1873 Great Western Railway of Canada freight car specifications, Library Archives of Canada]''

==Michigan Central==

'''1867'''

Box cars painted blue.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033019/1867-06-06/ed-1/seq-3/ Dodgeville Chronicle (Dodgeville, WI), 6 June 1867; see Railroad History No.141, 1979]''

Refrigerator cars painted white.

[[File:Dodgeville_Chronicle_(Dodgeville,_WI),_6_June_1867.png|400px]]

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033019/1867-06-06/ed-1/seq-3/ Dodgeville Chronicle (Dodgeville, WI), 6 June 1867]''

'''1869'''

After the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, Michigan Central relettered its cars to say "From the Atlantic to the Pacific" instead of "From the Atlantic to the Mississippi."

[[File:Chicago_Evening_Post,_(Chicago,_IL),_20_July_1869.png|400px]]

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S0lJ04tTvvd2esim7-J8Z7iT4kgOjgid/view?usp=sharing Chicago Evening Post, (Chicago, IL), 20 July 1869]''

==New York Central & Hudson River Railroad==

'''1867'''

Painted blue with yellow lettering.

[[File:The_Quebec_Mercury_(Quebec_City,_QC),_9_January_1867.png|400px]]

''[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3678525 The Quebec Mercury (Quebec City, QC), 9 January 1867]''

'''1876'''

Painted blue with white lettering and black ironwork.

[[File:The_Harrisburg_Daily_Patriot_(Harrisburg,_PA),_10_May_1876.png|400px]]

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a_gZCDq_phN8ewR7R655iGw0t-u-3gNv/view?usp=sharing|The Harrisburg Daily Patriot (Harrisburg, PA), 10 May 1876]''

[[File:Railway_World_Vol._20,_1_July_1876.png|400px]]

''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021721769&view=1up&seq=455 Railway World Vol. 20, 1 July 1876]''

'''1880'''

Painted blue with white lettering, black ironwork and brown roofs.

[[File:Railroad_Gazette,_10_December_1880_The_Cost_of_Painting_Freight_Cars_1.jpg|400px]]

''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015013053635?urlappend=%3Bseq=694 “The Cost of Painting Freight Cars as Affected by their Color," Railroad Gazette, 10 December 1880]''

==Philadelphia & Reading==

'''1882'''

Painted blue.

[[File:Reading_Times_(Reading,_PA),_30_October_1882.jpg|400px]]

''Reading Times (Reading, PA), 30 October 1882''

==Toledo, Canada Southern & Detroit==

'''1879'''

Painted blue.

[[File:The_Semi-Weekly_New_Era_(Lancaster,_PA),_3_May_1879.jpg|400px]]

''The Semi-Weekly New Era (Lancaster, PA), 3 May 1879''

[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]