Boston & Maine Paint Information - Revision history

Josh Bernard at 19:38, 29 April 2022

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	''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=wtAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false The Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 2 October 1897]''		''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=wtAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false The Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 2 October 1897]''

			'''1901'''

			Passenger cars are painted Pullman Color.

			The B&M issues an order that all black trim on passenger cars (such as on crown moldings) be eliminated and painted the same color as the body.

			''Railroad Digest 5 April 1901.''

	'''1904'''		'''1904'''

Josh Bernard at 00:04, 12 March 2022

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	''Railway Master Mechanic March 1905 p110.''		''Railway Master Mechanic March 1905 p110.''

			'''1905'''

			Interior ceilings of arched-roof passenger cars are painted white. Previous to this change, the ceilings were finished red cherry wood.

			''Railway Master Mechanic February 1905 p77.''

	==Structures==		==Structures==
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	Metal bridges are sand blasted and painted with Dixon's Silica-Graphite Paint.		Metal bridges are sand blasted and painted with Dixon's Silica-Graphite Paint.

	''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false\| "Sand ~~Blastin~~ -- Boston & Maine Railroad," Railway Master Mechanic July 1905 p265.]''		''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false\| "Sand Blasting -- Boston & Maine Railroad," Railway Master Mechanic July 1905 p265.]''



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

Josh Bernard at 23:59, 11 March 2022

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	''Railway Master Mechanic March 1905 p110.''		''Railway Master Mechanic March 1905 p110.''

			==Structures==

			'''1905'''

			Metal bridges are sand blasted and painted with Dixon's Silica-Graphite Paint.

			''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false\| "Sand Blastin -- Boston & Maine Railroad," Railway Master Mechanic July 1905 p265.]''



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Josh Bernard at 23:55, 11 March 2022

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	''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=wtAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false The Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 2 October 1897]''		''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=wtAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false The Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 2 October 1897]''

			'''1904'''

			Passenger cars are painted and varnished in "Pullman shade" (dark olive green).

			''Railway Master Mechanic March 1905 p110.''

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

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			==Locomotives==

			'''1905'''

			Train numbers mounted in front of the glass of headlights are painted bright vermillon.

			''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA383#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false\| "Discussion, Subject No. 8," Railway Master Mechanic October 1905 p383.]''

	==Freight Cars==		==Freight Cars==

Evan Abma: Added images, reworded, and fixed links. Paint info will temporarily remain on this page until a dedicated page is created.

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Added images, reworded, and fixed links. Paint info will temporarily remain on this page until a dedicated page is created.

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Josh Bernard: rearranged 1890 phrasing for clarity

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	Boxcars painted Lead color, also known as slate. ~~Roofs of boxcars~~, ~~flatcars and~~ coal cars painted mineral brown. All lettering is in yellow, with ironwork painted black.		Boxcars painted Lead color, also known as slate. Flatcars, coal cars and roofs of boxcars painted mineral brown. All lettering is in yellow, with ironwork painted black.

	''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1890-07-29/ed-1/seq-4/\| Portland Daily Press, 29 July 1890]''		''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1890-07-29/ed-1/seq-4/\| Portland Daily Press, 29 July 1890]''

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

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==Freight Cars==

'''1890'''

Boxcars painted Lead color, also known as slate. Roofs of boxcars, flatcars and coal cars painted mineral brown. All lettering is in yellow, with ironwork painted black.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1890-07-29/ed-1/seq-4/| Portland Daily Press, 29 July 1890]''

"Lead Color" was given as being a mix of Keg Lead (white) and lampblack.

''[https://archive.org/details/carriagepainters00gard/page/28/mode/1up| The carriage painters' illustrated manual, 1877]''

'''1897'''

All freight cars except cabooses, refrigerator and line cars, are repainted to Mineral Brown (a new shade, slightly darker than the color used previously) with white lettering. The trucks and ironwork is also brown. Reefers, cabooses and line cars have black ironwork.

''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1285783840005961?lang=en| Railroad Car Journal, December 1897]''

As the result of a boxcar accidentally being lettered "Boston & Mitane," the railroad adopted a new outshopping stencil that identified which paint shop was last to paint each car, using the first three letters of the shop's name (Lawrence, Salem, or Somerville). Stencil was six inches across.

''Railroad Car Journal June 1897''

==Passenger Equipment==

'''1871'''

Passenger cars painted light straw and "richly striped and ornamented"

''The Boston Traveler (Boston, MA), 16 May 1871''

'''1873'''

A new Wagner parlor car was painted wine and striped in gold leaf.

''The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), 9 July 1873''

'''1882'''

Parlor cars painted dark maroon.

''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056230005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, August 1882, pg. 89]''

'''1884'''

Parlor cars painted lake with gold ornamentation.

''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056230005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, July 1884, pg. 81]''

'''1885'''

Passenger car "Magnolia" painted deep crimson

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=3UMzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false| The Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), 22 May 1885]''

Baggage cars repainted from yellow brown to Tuscan Red.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1885-02-14/ed-1/seq-4/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 14 February 1885]''

'''1886'''

Two new parlor cars painted dark cherry with gold ornamentation.

''The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), 3 June 1886''

Passenger and baggage cars painted light straw. Interiors finished in mahogany with black walnut trim.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1886-09-07/ed-1/seq-1/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 7 September 1886]''

'''1890'''

Baggage cars repainted from Tuscan Red to yellow.

''The Beverly Citizen (Beverly, MA), 22 November 1890''

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1890-11-29/ed-1/seq-4/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 29 November 1890]''

'''1891'''

Passenger cars assigned to the Lowell, Eastern and Western divisions are painted dark olive green with gold lettering.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1891-11-26/ed-1/seq-1/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 26 November 1891]''

'''1892'''

New passenger cars built this year are all painted olive green with gold striping.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1892-03-10/ed-1/seq-2/| The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 10 March 1892]''

'''1893'''

One source claims that B&M passenger cars are painted white giving the railroad the nickname "Ghost Line." This is dubious.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lig1Cop92f8xWXbUY0oCPLeCUx_ap5tf/view?usp=sharing| The Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, PA), 24 February 1893]''

Pullman coaches used on the B&M painted "regulation Pullman Color"

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1893-09-14/ed-1/seq-8/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 14 September 1893]''

'''1897'''

The last yellow car is repainted "dark," completing a six-year repainting process.

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=wtAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false| The Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 2 October 1897]''

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