Burlington & Lamoille Railroad Paint Information

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Locomotives

1877

New locomotives built by the Mason Machine Works are painted black with gold leaf ornamentation.

"Taunton," Fall River Daily Evening News 29 May 1877.  

Freight Cars

1882

Refrigerator cars painted white.

The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), 3 April 1882

Passenger Equipment

1877

Second class passenger cars painted brown with red accents. First class passenger cars lettered in gold leaf.

The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT) 3 July 1877

1886

Passenger car "Vermont" painted English Rose Lake (described as a "rich and luscious color of ripe cherries"), with light blue stripes.

St. Albans Daily Messenger and Advertiser (St. Albans, VT), 26 May 1886

1887

Passenger cars painted bright red.

News & Citizen (Morrisville, VT), 6 January 1887

St. Albans Weely Messenger and Advertiser (St. Albans, VT), 13 June 1887

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index