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Passenger cars repainted to match Union Pacific standards.
Passenger cars repainted to match [[Union Pacific Railroad Paint Information|Union Pacific standards]].


''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w67sg3/10818134| "The News in Ogden," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 2 March 1889]''
''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w67sg3/10818134| "The News in Ogden," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 2 March 1889]''

Revision as of 13:00, 26 January 2022

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Locomotives

1872

Locomotive 6's cab was delivered with a dark walnut finish.

Deseret News 13 November 1872

Passenger Equipment

1870

The first passenger cars were finished on the interior with Bird's Eye Maple and Dark Walnut. Seats were upholstered in crimson plush and green backing.

Ogden Semi-Weekly Junction, 26 January 1870

1889

Passenger cars repainted to match Union Pacific standards.

"The News in Ogden," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 2 March 1889

Buildings

1884

The Salt Lake City depot platform was paved with asphaltum, with a broad white line across it to keep hotel runners and hack drivers away from the building and allow open access to and from the street.

"Local Briefs," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 20 December 1884



Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index