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==Tiffany Patent Refrigerator Cars==
==Tiffany Patent Refrigerator Cars==


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


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''


''See also [http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/Denver-NNGC-Notes-Tiffany-Reefer-Colors-again-UP-Standard-Reefer-Green-td9330.html| C&SNG Discussion Forum]''
''See also [http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/Denver-NNGC-Notes-Tiffany-Reefer-Colors-again-UP-Standard-Reefer-Green-td9330.html| C&SNG Discussion Forum]''
'''1887'''
All refrigerator cars on the Union Pacific system are painted according to the standards regardless of patent.
[[image:UP-1887-StandardRefrigeratorColors.jpg|center|500px|Thumb|upright=1.1|Illustration from the 1887 standards book.]]


'''1889'''
'''1889'''
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Lehigh Valley Railroad specifies a light green color (Standard No. 10) for Tiffany and Wickes refrigerator car bodies.
Lehigh Valley Railroad specifies a light green color (Standard No. 10) for Tiffany and Wickes refrigerator car bodies.
[[image:Lehigh Valley Standard Colors 1894 May 22.jpeg|center|400px|Thumb|upright=1.1|Lehigh Valley paint chip set showing the green used on Tiffany refrigerator cars, from the collection of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.]]


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[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]
[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]

Latest revision as of 10:14, 24 October 2022

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Tiffany Patent Refrigerator Cars

1883

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

See also C&SNG Discussion Forum

1887

All refrigerator cars on the Union Pacific system are painted according to the standards regardless of patent.

Illustration from the 1887 standards book.

1889

Some Tiffany "Summer and Winter" refrigerator cars are painted pure white.

The Daily Optic (Las Vegas, NM), 12 February 1889

1894

Lehigh Valley Railroad specifies a light green color (Standard No. 10) for Tiffany and Wickes refrigerator car bodies.

Lehigh Valley paint chip set showing the green used on Tiffany refrigerator cars, from the collection of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Lehigh Valley R.R. Standard Colors for Locomotive & Car Department, 22 May 1894 (Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Collections)

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

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