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[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] | [[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] | ||
This page includes information for both the Utah Western and its successor, the Utah & Nevada. | |||
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==Locomotives== | ==Locomotives== | ||
'''1896''' | |||
Utah Western No. 3 'Jonathan' was painted in Baldwin Style 49, with the locomotive Olive Green with gold leaf striping and the tender in Olive Green with Color (imitation gold) lettering and striping. The boiler jacket was American Iron with brass bands. | |||
''Baldwin Locomotive Works engine specifications, 1869-1938 vol 9 p 256, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University'' (note this locomotive actually falls on page 192 of the digitized document) | |||
'''1897''' | |||
Locomotives of the Utah & Nevada are relettered for Oregon Short Line to match its parent company. | |||
''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=12724721&page=3&q=rio+grande+red+paint&year_start=1883&year_end=1900&facet_type=%22article%22| Salt Lake Tribune, 16 March 1897]'' | |||
==Freight Cars== | ==Freight Cars== | ||
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''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/10sOnknK1UWOP6oz3vK95wxHTdcXxaAZ4/view?usp=sharing|The National Car-Builder, October 1874 p150.]'' | ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/10sOnknK1UWOP6oz3vK95wxHTdcXxaAZ4/view?usp=sharing|The National Car-Builder, October 1874 p150.]'' | ||
'''1881''' | |||
Four "bathing Cars" (open-air excursion cars with bench seating) were painted bright yellow. | |||
''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r79fvr/7169580| Ogden Herald, 10 June 1881]'' | |||
[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:00, 4 February 2022
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
This page includes information for both the Utah Western and its successor, the Utah & Nevada.
Locomotives
1896
Utah Western No. 3 'Jonathan' was painted in Baldwin Style 49, with the locomotive Olive Green with gold leaf striping and the tender in Olive Green with Color (imitation gold) lettering and striping. The boiler jacket was American Iron with brass bands.
Baldwin Locomotive Works engine specifications, 1869-1938 vol 9 p 256, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University (note this locomotive actually falls on page 192 of the digitized document)
1897
Locomotives of the Utah & Nevada are relettered for Oregon Short Line to match its parent company.
Salt Lake Tribune, 16 March 1897
Freight Cars
Passenger Equipment
1874
Passenger cars were painted canary yellow with green striping.
National Car-Builder, October 1874 p150.
1881
Four "bathing Cars" (open-air excursion cars with bench seating) were painted bright yellow.