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==Freight Cars==

'''1881'''

Listed as a user of “Iron Clad” metallic paints starting in 1881 (this does not necessarily mean it was used on cars).

''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.17768562?urlappend=%3Bseq=442 Travelers’ Official Railway Guide, April to June 1881]''

==Passenger Cars==

'''1878'''

Passenger cars of the “Bridgeport and Albany” train painted a “dark wine color.”

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051487/1878-07-25/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777 The Newtown Bee (Newtown, CT), 25 July 1878]''

'''1882'''

Drawing room cars painted Indian red, ornamented with “Eastlake designs.”

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ojb0IVnXdOubTsql-rIG9-K7w8LO9van/view?usp=sharing The New Haven Register (New Haven, CT), 5 May 1882]''

'''1884'''

Passenger car painted Indian red, with ornamentation in the “Ronaisne” [Renaissance?] style.

Baggage and express cars painted dark olive.

Drawing room cars “Bridgeport” and “Pittsfield” painted dark olive; drawing room car “Massachusetts” painted Indian red.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84027718/1884-04-30/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777 Connecticut Western News (Canaan, CT), 30 April 1884]''

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