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==Freight Cars==<br />
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'''1847'''<br />
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Freight cars painted brown.<br />
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''[https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn83016088/1847-03-26/ed-1/seq-2/ The Daily Georgian (Savannah, GA), 26 March 1847]''<br />
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'''1851'''<br />
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“Blake’s Patent Ohio Fire-Proof Paint, Chocolate Color,” used on cars. Blake’s paint had been used since 1848. See Baltimore & Ohio for more information on Blake’s Paint.<br />
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''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951000877139l?urlappend=%3Bseq=106 The American Railroad Journal, 11 February 1854, pg. 96]''<br />
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==Passenger Cars==<br />
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'''1880'''<br />
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Passenger cars begin to be painted a “dark yellow color.”<br />
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''[https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015137/1880-02-19/ed-1/seq-1/ Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA), 19 February 1880]''<br />
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'''? to 1891'''<br />
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Passenger cars painted canary yellow.<br />
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'''1891'''<br />
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Passenger cars begin to be painted a “salmon color.”<br />
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''The Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA), 17 February 1891''<br />
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