D&RG Freight Car Red - Revision history

Josh Bernard at 19:57, 24 October 2022

2022-10-24T19:57:13Z

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	==Denver & Rio Grande Freight Car Red==		==Denver & Rio Grande Freight Car Red==

	~~Date~~ of ~~introduction~~ is currently unknown~~. The~~ earliest reference to the ~~paint~~ is a paint specification from 1921.		Up to the introduction of Freight Car Red, the Denver & Rio Grande and associated companies used Prince's Metallic paint. The exact date of change from Prince's to Freight Car Red is currently unknown; the earliest reference to the latter is a paint specification from 1921. Freight Car Red was supplied by Sherwin-Williams (as evidenced by paint shop data on the 01100-series wood cabooses outshopped in 1928) and Kohler-McLister, a local Denver company.

	===1921 Paint Specification===		===1921 Paint Specification===
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	Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two		Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two

	~~Freight Car Red was supplied by Sherwin-Williams (as evidenced by paint shop data on the 01100-series wood cabooses outshopped in 1928) and Kohler-McLister.~~

	===Kohler-McLister Paint Company===		===Kohler-McLister Paint Company===

Josh Bernard at 04:40, 8 March 2022

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	Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two		Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two

			Freight Car Red was supplied by Sherwin-Williams (as evidenced by paint shop data on the 01100-series wood cabooses outshopped in 1928) and Kohler-McLister.

	===Kohler-McLister Paint Company===		===Kohler-McLister Paint Company===

Josh Bernard at 20:26, 26 February 2022

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	Frank McLister, the other partner, was known as the “youngest paint manufacturer.” The son of the Canyon City Penitentiary warden who oversaw the incarceration of Colorado Cannibal Alferd Packer, he started as a junior employee under Kohler but quickly worked his way up to be full partner and manager of the Kohler-McLister company. His position as vice-president of Kohler-McLister led him to marry the daughter of prominent mining engineer Max Boehmer in June 1911. <ref>"Frank McLister Becomes Benedict." Paint Oil and Drug Review Vol. LI No. 25, Wednesday 21 June 1911 p 4.</ref>		Frank McLister, the other partner, was known as the “youngest paint manufacturer.” The son of the Canyon City Penitentiary warden who oversaw the incarceration of Colorado Cannibal Alferd Packer, he started as a junior employee under Kohler but quickly worked his way up to be full partner and manager of the Kohler-McLister company. His position as vice-president of Kohler-McLister led him to marry the daughter of prominent mining engineer Max Boehmer in June 1911. <ref>"Frank McLister Becomes Benedict." Paint Oil and Drug Review Vol. LI No. 25, Wednesday 21 June 1911 p 4.</ref>

			Kohler-McLister manufactured under several trademarks, the two most popular being Komac and Vi-Ko.

	[[image:Paint-DRGW-Freight-Car-Red-38-Foot-Flatcar-6675-Forest-Service-Bridge-Sampled-August-2020.jpg\|400px\|Freight Car red sampled from steel flatcar 6675, currently used as a bridge on Forest Service land.]]		[[image:Paint-DRGW-Freight-Car-Red-38-Foot-Flatcar-6675-Forest-Service-Bridge-Sampled-August-2020.jpg\|400px\|Freight Car red sampled from steel flatcar 6675, currently used as a bridge on Forest Service land.]]

Josh Bernard at 20:16, 26 February 2022

2022-02-26T20:16:54Z

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	<blockquote>“Komac made a high-quality paint. My father, as an architect and general contractor, used Komac almost exclusively. At that time the national brands such as Benjamin Moore were often very poor quality paint (Sherwin-Williams and PPG being the exception).” - Mark Hemphill, author of Union Pacific’s Salt Lake Route</blockquote>		<blockquote>“Komac made a high-quality paint. My father, as an architect and general contractor, used Komac almost exclusively. At that time the national brands such as Benjamin Moore were often very poor quality paint (Sherwin-Williams and PPG being the exception).” - Mark Hemphill, author of Union Pacific’s Salt Lake Route</blockquote>

	Upon abandoning Prince’s Metallic, the D&RG turned to a local company, Kohler-McLister, to supply its paints. Kohler-McLister’s headquarters were located at West 13th Ave. and Osage Street in Denver, only a stone’s throw from the Rio Grande’s Burnham Shops, with a downtown showroom at 1623 Arapahoe Street. While they specialized in structural paints and manufactured the Jersey Cream and Brown used on railroad buildings after 1915, they also provided the Rio Grande’s freight car colors, from the black asphaltum used to protect ironwork (“dries quickly to a brilliant jet-black finish” according to their 1929 catalog) to D&RGW Freight Car Red, listed as KM-91 Box Car Red.		Upon abandoning Prince’s Metallic as the standard brown paint for rolling stock, the D&RG turned to a local company, Kohler-McLister, to supply its paints. Kohler-McLister’s headquarters were located on the corner of West 13th Ave. and Osage Street in Denver, only a stone’s throw from the Rio Grande’s Burnham Shops, with a downtown showroom at 1623 Arapahoe Street. While they specialized in structural paints and manufactured the Jersey Cream and Brown used on railroad buildings after 1915, they also provided the Rio Grande’s freight car colors, from the black asphaltum used to protect ironwork (“dries quickly to a brilliant jet-black finish” according to their 1929 catalog) to D&RGW Freight Car Red, which they listed as KM-91 Box Car Red.

			Henry Kohler, the first namesake for the company, was born in Toledo Ohio on 6 October 1854 to German immigrants. As a young man he traveled to Germany and studied chemistry at Tubingen University; returning to the United States in 1873 he became a druggist and dabbled in livestock trading and freighting, which took him to Colorado in 1876 to establish the drug company Kostich & Kohler. He began mixing and selling paint in 1903, building up an enterprise of 35 employees and around 20 traveling salesmen doing business in six states by 1918. <ref>Stone, Wilber Fisk. History of Colorado Vol.II. Denver: S. J. Clarke Pubishing Company, 1918 pp 439-440.</ref>

			Frank McLister, the other partner, was known as the “youngest paint manufacturer.” The son of the Canyon City Penitentiary warden who oversaw the incarceration of Colorado Cannibal Alferd Packer, he started as a junior employee under Kohler but quickly worked his way up to be full partner and manager of the Kohler-McLister company. His position as vice-president of Kohler-McLister led him to marry the daughter of prominent mining engineer Max Boehmer in June 1911. <ref>"Frank McLister Becomes Benedict." Paint Oil and Drug Review Vol. LI No. 25, Wednesday 21 June 1911 p 4.</ref>

Josh Bernard at 19:39, 26 February 2022

2022-02-26T19:39:23Z

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	Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two		Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two

			===Kohler-McLister Paint Company===

	<blockquote>“Komac made a high-quality paint. My father, as an architect and general contractor, used Komac almost exclusively. At that time the national brands such as Benjamin Moore were often very poor quality paint (Sherwin-Williams and PPG being the exception).” - Mark Hemphill, author of Union Pacific’s Salt Lake Route</blockquote>		<blockquote>“Komac made a high-quality paint. My father, as an architect and general contractor, used Komac almost exclusively. At that time the national brands such as Benjamin Moore were often very poor quality paint (Sherwin-Williams and PPG being the exception).” - Mark Hemphill, author of Union Pacific’s Salt Lake Route</blockquote>

Josh Bernard at 19:37, 26 February 2022

2022-02-26T19:37:17Z

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	Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two		Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two

			<blockquote>“Komac made a high-quality paint. My father, as an architect and general contractor, used Komac almost exclusively. At that time the national brands such as Benjamin Moore were often very poor quality paint (Sherwin-Williams and PPG being the exception).” - Mark Hemphill, author of Union Pacific’s Salt Lake Route</blockquote>

			Upon abandoning Prince’s Metallic, the D&RG turned to a local company, Kohler-McLister, to supply its paints. Kohler-McLister’s headquarters were located at West 13th Ave. and Osage Street in Denver, only a stone’s throw from the Rio Grande’s Burnham Shops, with a downtown showroom at 1623 Arapahoe Street. While they specialized in structural paints and manufactured the Jersey Cream and Brown used on railroad buildings after 1915, they also provided the Rio Grande’s freight car colors, from the black asphaltum used to protect ironwork (“dries quickly to a brilliant jet-black finish” according to their 1929 catalog) to D&RGW Freight Car Red, listed as KM-91 Box Car Red.


	[[image:Paint-DRGW-Freight-Car-Red-38-Foot-Flatcar-6675-Forest-Service-Bridge-Sampled-August-2020.jpg\|400px\|Freight Car red sampled from steel flatcar 6675, currently used as a bridge on Forest Service land.]]		[[image:Paint-DRGW-Freight-Car-Red-38-Foot-Flatcar-6675-Forest-Service-Bridge-Sampled-August-2020.jpg\|400px\|Freight Car red sampled from steel flatcar 6675, currently used as a bridge on Forest Service land.]]

Josh Bernard: Added photograph

2022-02-25T05:39:41Z

Added photograph

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			[[image:Paint-DRGW-Freight-Car-Red-38-Foot-Flatcar-6675-Forest-Service-Bridge-Sampled-August-2020.jpg\|400px\|Freight Car red sampled from steel flatcar 6675, currently used as a bridge on Forest Service land.]]


	[[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] / Specific Colors / [[DRG Freight Car Red\|D&RG Freight Car Red]]		[[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] / Specific Colors / [[DRG Freight Car Red\|D&RG Freight Car Red]]

Andrew Brandon: /* Denver & Rio Grande Freight Car Red */

2022-02-22T18:38:26Z

Denver & Rio Grande Freight Car Red

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	'''Freight Car Red'''		'''Freight Car Red'''
	~~pigment~~: 25-55%
	~~vehicle~~: balance		Pigment: 25-55%<br/>
	Pigment Analysis:		Vehicle: balance<br/>
	Iron Oxide 80%		Pigment Analysis:<br/>
	Inerts: 20%		Iron Oxide 80%<br/>
			Inerts: 20%<br/>

	Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two		Vehicle shall consist of phenolic or alkyd varnish or combination of the two

Andrew Brandon at 18:31, 22 February 2022

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	[[Historic ~~Railroad~~ Paint ~~Color Index~~]] / Specific Colors / [[DRG Freight Car Red\|D&RG Freight Car Red]]		[[Historic Paint]] / [[Historic Paint#Specific Colors\|Specific Colors]] / [[DRG Freight Car Red\|D&RG Freight Car Red]]

	==Denver & Rio Grande Freight Car Red==		==Denver & Rio Grande Freight Car Red==

Andrew Brandon: Andrew Brandon moved page DRG Freight Car Red to D&RG Freight Car Red: Adjusted Title

2022-02-22T18:30:55Z

Andrew Brandon moved page DRG Freight Car Red to D&RG Freight Car Red: Adjusted Title

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