Union Pacific Railroad Paint Information - Revision history

Josh Bernard at 05:35, 27 February 2026

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	''Union Pacific Specification CS-22: Paint - Numerical List of Paints and their Uses. Adopted December 1903, revised 20 January 1923.''		''Union Pacific Specification CS-22: Paint - Numerical List of Paints and their Uses. Adopted December 1903, revised 20 January 1923.''

			'''1951'''

			Two tone gray and olive green passenger schemes are both abolished on 19 December 1951.

			<blockquote>"Effective immediately, all future repainting of exterior of Union Pacific passenger cars including sleeping cars will be done in the yellow and red streamline train colors and the two tone gray and olive green colors will be discontinued. -D.S. Neuhart."</blockquote>

			''Mailgram: Union Pacific offices, Omaha, Nebraska 19 December 1951.''

	==Buildings==		==Buildings==

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	''Baldwin Locomotive Works engine specifications, 1869-1938 vol 10 p 200, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University''		''Baldwin Locomotive Works engine specifications, 1869-1938 vol 10 p 200, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University''

			'''1882'''

			Union Pacific No.9, a 4-4-0 built at the Omaha shops, has wheels painted bright red. The cab is described as "ornamented very attractively, and the locomotive has a profusion of bright and beautiful brass decorative work."

			''"A New Engine for the Dummy Line," Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), 19th April 1882.

	'''1885'''		'''1885'''

Josh Bernard: /* Passenger Equipment */

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Passenger Equipment

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	''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EgGtBBX7sx33oPijlP89mBjKKtjIa4VS/view?usp=sharing The Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), 8 March 1878]''		''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EgGtBBX7sx33oPijlP89mBjKKtjIa4VS/view?usp=sharing The Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), 8 March 1878]''

			'''1880'''

			Emigrant sleepers are painted yellow on the exterior with the interior being polished unpainted wood.

			''Georgetown Courier 27 May 1880.''

	'''1883'''		'''1883'''

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	''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021737674?urlappend=%3Bseq=85 Railroad Gazette, 22 October 1870, pg. 73].''		''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021737674?urlappend=%3Bseq=85 Railroad Gazette, 22 October 1870, pg. 73].''

			'''1871'''

			Passenger cars uniformly painted a “rich brown, set off with gold trimmings.”

			''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1opz5LIKthcdbryiglClJCK2JwdVlhPGY/view?usp=sharing The Watchman (Montpelier, VT), 19 July 1871]''

			'''1878'''

			Passenger cars painted a “deep wine color,” lettered and ornamented in gold.

			''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EgGtBBX7sx33oPijlP89mBjKKtjIa4VS/view?usp=sharing The Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), 8 March 1878]''

			'''1883'''

			Buffet car, “Monterey,” painted chocolate brown, relieved with gold trimming.

			''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FA8_jXMwgcNcYTzvfQmd_tyFJ5fwvwNn/view?usp=sharing San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA), 22 December 1883]''

	'''1887'''		'''1887'''

Josh Bernard: Added information from 1950 freight car paint guide

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Added information from 1950 freight car paint guide

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	'''1950'''		'''1950'''

	Steel boxcars and automobile cars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on sides, roofs, underframes, all runningboards, trucks, and interior surfaces. The interior is then painted from floor line upwards two feet with C.S.22 No. 167 Light Black Car Cement.		Steel boxcars and automobile cars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on sides, roofs, underframes, all runningboards, trucks, and interior surfaces. The interior is then painted from floor line upwards two feet with C.S.22 No. 167 Light Black Car Cement. Lettering, including stenciling on trucks, is in C.S.22 No.186 Armour Yellow Stencil Paste. Auto loader stenciling is done in black enamel on a white background. B-50-40 and B-50-41 class boxcars receive C.S.22 No.168 Medium Black Car Cement on roofs, ends, and underframe.

	Wood boxcars and automobile cars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior wood surfaces, roofs, all runningboards, underframes and trucks.		Wood boxcars and automobile cars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior wood surfaces, roofs, all runningboards, underframes and trucks.

	Open gondolas and flatcars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior surfaces, underframe, trucks. Interiors and decking are given two coats Chromate primer on steel surfaces and C.S.22 No.40 Wood Primer on wood surfaces. When repainted, the interior surfaces and decks do not get re-primed or repainted.		Open gondolas and flatcars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior surfaces, underframe, trucks. Interiors and decking are given two coats Chromate primer on steel surfaces and C.S.22 No.40 Wood Primer on wood surfaces. When repainted, the interior surfaces and decks do not get re-primed or repainted. Lettering is in C.S.22 No.186 Armour Yellow Stencil Paste. Class G-50-13 gondolas receive C.S.222 No.168 medium black car cement on ends and underframe.

	Red stock cars are painted C.S.22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all surfaces including runningboards, underframes and trucks.		Red stock cars are painted C.S.22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all surfaces including runningboards, underframes and trucks. Lettering is in C.S.22 No.186 Armour Yellow Stencil Paste.

	Yellow stock cars are painted C.S.22 No.35 Yellow Freight Car Paint on all exterior side surfaces and C.S.22 No.26 Aluminum on steel ends, roofs, and runningboards, both metal and wood. Underframe and trucks are painted C.S.22 No.34 Black Freight Car Paint. Journal box lids on roller bearing-equipped cars are painted C.S.22 No.35 Armour Yellow Freight Car Paint.		Yellow stock cars are painted C.S.22 No.35 Yellow Freight Car Paint on all exterior side surfaces and C.S.22 No.26 Aluminum on steel ends, roofs, and runningboards, both metal and wood. Underframe and trucks are painted C.S.22 No.34 Black Freight Car Paint. Journal box lids on roller bearing-equipped cars are painted C.S.22 No.35 Armour Yellow Freight Car Paint. Lettering is in C.S.22 No.187 Red Stencil Paste; stenciling on trucks is in No.186 Armour Yellow Stencil Paste.

	Covered hoppers are painted C.S.22 No.42 harbor Mist Gray Freight Car Paint on all exterior surfaces including trucks and runningboards.		Covered hoppers are painted C.S.22 No.42 harbor Mist Gray Freight Car Paint on all exterior surfaces including trucks and runningboards. Lettering is in C.S.22 No.188 Black Stencil Paste.

	Tank cars are painted C.S.22 No.34 Black Freight Car Paint on all surfaces including trucks and runningboards.		Tank cars are painted C.S.22 No.34 Black Freight Car Paint on all surfaces including trucks and runningboards.

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	Wood boxcars and automobile cars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior wood surfaces, roofs, all runningboards, underframes and trucks.		Wood boxcars and automobile cars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior wood surfaces, roofs, all runningboards, underframes and trucks.

	Open gondolas and flatcars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior surfaces, underframe, trucks. Interiors and decking are given two coats Chromate primer on steel surfaces and C.S.22 No.40 Wood Primer on wood surfaces.		Open gondolas and flatcars are painted C.S. 22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all exterior surfaces, underframe, trucks. Interiors and decking are given two coats Chromate primer on steel surfaces and C.S.22 No.40 Wood Primer on wood surfaces. When repainted, the interior surfaces and decks do not get re-primed or repainted.

			Red stock cars are painted C.S.22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint on all surfaces including runningboards, underframes and trucks.

			Yellow stock cars are painted C.S.22 No.35 Yellow Freight Car Paint on all exterior side surfaces and C.S.22 No.26 Aluminum on steel ends, roofs, and runningboards, both metal and wood. Underframe and trucks are painted C.S.22 No.34 Black Freight Car Paint. Journal box lids on roller bearing-equipped cars are painted C.S.22 No.35 Armour Yellow Freight Car Paint.

			Covered hoppers are painted C.S.22 No.42 harbor Mist Gray Freight Car Paint on all exterior surfaces including trucks and runningboards.

			Tank cars are painted C.S.22 No.34 Black Freight Car Paint on all surfaces including trucks and runningboards.

	Sand is applied to painted wood runningboards before paint dries.		Sand is applied to painted wood runningboards before paint dries.
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	''Drawing C-1325 "Common Standard Fusee & Torpedo Box," December 1907.''		''Drawing C-1325 "Common Standard Fusee & Torpedo Box," December 1907.''

			'''1950'''

			Cabooses are painted C.S.22 No.35 Armour Yellow Freight Car Paint on sides, ends, doors, and step risers. Platforms and step treads are painted C.S.22 NO.4 maroon paint. Platform railings, hand brakes, ladders, and handholds (except on cupolas) are painted C.S.22 No.29 Striping Red Enamel. Roofs, all runningboards and cupola handholds are painted C.S.22 No.33 Red Freight Car Paint (except mulehide roofs, which are unpainted). Underframes and trucks are painted C.S.22 No.34 Black Freight Car Paint. Walls, ceilings and interior walls of cupolas painted C.S.22 No.31 Light Green Flat Paint. Interior wainscotting is painted up to four feet from floor in C.S.22 No.30 Dark Green Flat Paint. Interior floors and cupola platforms painted C.S.22 No.4 Maroon Paint.

			''Standard Practice for Painting, Repainting and Stenciling Freight Train Cars and Work Equipment Cars. Omaha, Nebraska: 29 April 1950.''

	'''1959'''		'''1959'''

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 Defect card holders on freight cars are painted CS-17 lamp black, regardless of color of carbody, with white lettering spelling "DEFECT CARDS."
 ''Drawing C-420 "Common Standard Defect Card Board," May 1904, revised 21 October 1913.''
 '''1963'''
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 ''Correspondence D.S. Neuhart to R.F. Weiss, H.L. Crane, J.A. Schellhorn, J.E. Pickett and R.C. Cochran, Omaha, Nebraska, 18 December 1963.''
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 ''Drawing C-1325 "Common Standard Fusee & Torpedo Box," December 1907.''
 ==Passenger Equipment==

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 ''Railroad Car Journal August 1896''
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 ''Drawing C-420 "Common Standard Defect Card Board," May 1904, revised 21 October 1913.''
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 ''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg03ht/12825282| "First Car Finished," The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 1899"]''
 '''1903'''

Josh Bernard at 18:09, 24 October 2022

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	Union Pacific specifies a light green color ~~(Pantone 617C)~~ for refrigerator cars of all types and patents with a darker green fascia ~~(Pantone 392)~~ and mineral red ~~(Pantone 483C)~~ roofs, underframe and trucks. Lettering in black. This paint scheme would have applied to all of Union Pacific's subsidiary railroads, including the Denver South Park & Pacific.		Union Pacific specifies a light green color for refrigerator cars of all types and patents with a darker green fascia and mineral red roofs, underframe and trucks. Lettering in black. This paint scheme would have applied to all of Union Pacific's subsidiary railroads, including the Denver South Park & Pacific.

	''Sherwin-Williams Union Pacific Paint Catalog, collection of Randy Hees''		''Sherwin-Williams Union Pacific Paint Catalog, collection of Randy Hees''

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	'''1887'''		'''1887'''

			Coaches and Emigrant Cars are painted with standard colors No.30 for priming; No.1 for exterior finishing; No.4 (ground) and No.5 (finish) together on belt rails and patches; No.6 for ornamentation; No.82 and No.80 for lettering; No.7 and No.8 for lettering shading; No.11 for faux mahogany graining on window sashes; No.2 or No.31 on roof and underframe; No.3 on the trucks and platforms; No.29 on hand rails, trussrods and truck iron; and No.63 for truck striping.

			The interior is painted standard colors No.19 on hat racks and seats and No.33 on the floor.

	[[image:UP-1887-StandardPassengerEquipmentColors.jpg\|center\|500px\|Thumb\|upright=1.1\|Illustration from the 1887 standards book.]]		[[image:UP-1887-StandardPassengerEquipmentColors.jpg\|center\|500px\|Thumb\|upright=1.1\|Illustration from the 1887 standards book.]]

			Pullman sleepers are painted with standard colors No.30 for priming, No.1 for exterior finishing; No.4 (ground) and No.5 (finish) together on exterior bands; No.29 on band centers, panels, hand rails, truss roads and truck iron; No.82 and No.80 for lettering, figuring and ornamentation; No.7 and No.8 for shading the lettering; No.11 for the faux mahogany grain on the window sashes; No.2 or No.31 on roof and underframe; No.3 on trucks and platforms and No.63 for striping and lettering on trucks.

			The interior of Pullman sleepers is painted with standard color No.33 on the floor.

			''"List of Standard Paints," Union Pacific Railway Standard Paints and Colors 1887 pp5-8.''

	'''1894'''		'''1894'''
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	*No.19 - Hat rack and seat color. Used for all passenger car equipment.		*No.19 - Hat rack and seat color. Used for all passenger car equipment.
	*No.20 - Outside caboose color. Abandoned September 9th, 1886. (See No.32)		*No.20 - Outside caboose color. Abandoned September 9th, 1886. (See No.32)
	*No.21 - Inside wall caboose color and outside trimming, shading of letters and numbers. This color abandoned as shading color for letters and figures December 4th, 1886. (See No.89.)		*No.21 - Inside wall caboose color and outside trimming, shading of letters and numbers. This color abandoned as shading color for letters and figures December 4th, 1886. (See No.89.) [Sample on page 10 indicates that this is a dark slate green.]
	*No.22 - Caboose lettering color.		*No.22 - Caboose lettering color.
	*No.23 - Ceiling color, emigrant, sleepers, cabooses, mail, express and baggage.		*No.23 - Ceiling color, emigrant, sleepers, cabooses, mail, express and baggage. [Sample on page 10 indicates that this is a gray.]
	*No.24 - Refrigerator car body color.		*No.24 - Refrigerator car body color. [Sample on page 10 indicates that this is a green.]
	*No.25 - Refrigerator car trimming color.		*No.25 - Refrigerator car trimming color. [Sample on page 10 indicates that this is a dark green.]
	*No.26 - Caboose signal ball color.		*No.26 - Caboose signal ball color.
	*No.27 - Black walnut stain.		*No.27 - Black walnut stain.
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	*No.48 - English Tuscan Red, in japan.		*No.48 - English Tuscan Red, in japan.
	*No.49 - Chrome yellow, in oil, dark.		*No.49 - Chrome yellow, in oil, dark.
	*No.50 - Old standard depot outside body color.		*No.50 - Old standard depot outside body color. [Sample on page 12 indicates that this is a light oxide red.]
	*No.51 - Old standard depot outside sash color.		*No.51 - Old standard depot outside sash color. [Sample on page 12 indicates that this is a dark green.]
	*No.52 - Old standard depot outside window casing color.		*No.52 - Old standard depot outside window casing color. [Sample on page 13 indicates that this is a brown.]
	*No.53 - Old standard depot outside body color, shingle gables.		*No.53 - Old standard depot outside body color, shingle gables. [Sample on page 13 indicates that this is a green.]
	*No.54 - New standard outside body color for depots, hotels, tenement and section houses.		*No.54 - New standard outside body color for depots, hotels, tenement and section houses.
	*No.55 - New standard outside trimming color for depots, hotels, tenement and section houses.		*No.55 - New standard outside trimming color for depots, hotels, tenement and section houses.