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==Passenger Cars== | ==Passenger Cars== | ||
'''1897''' | |||
Passenger coaches painted dark Van Dyke Brown with gold lettering. | |||
''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65f02dr/12725024| Salt Lake Tribune, 19 March 1897]'' | |||
'''1899''' | '''1899''' | ||
Passenger cars for the Chicago-Portland Special are painted Van Dyke Brown with gold leaf lettering. | Passenger cars for the Chicago-Portland Special, a through train with cars contributed by the OSL, RGW and CB&Q, are painted Van Dyke Brown with gold leaf lettering. | ||
''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg03ht/12825282| "First Car Finished," The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 1899"]'' | ''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg03ht/12825282| "First Car Finished," The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 1899"]'' | ||
==Freight Cars== | |||
'''1902''' | |||
Three hundred 100,000-lb capacity coal cars delivered in January 1902 are painted black. | |||
''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z0443q| "Spike and Rail," Deseret Evening News 16 January 1902.]'' | |||
==Buildings== | |||
'''1897''' | |||
The Salt Lake City shops receive a new canvas ceiling inside that is hand-painted to look like oak panels. | |||
''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gt6xtb| "Railroad Force Coming," Salt Lake Tribune 3 March 1897.]'' | |||
[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] | [[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:16, 27 June 2022
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
See Union Pacific Railroad Paint Information
Passenger Cars
1897
Passenger coaches painted dark Van Dyke Brown with gold lettering.
Salt Lake Tribune, 19 March 1897
1899
Passenger cars for the Chicago-Portland Special, a through train with cars contributed by the OSL, RGW and CB&Q, are painted Van Dyke Brown with gold leaf lettering.
"First Car Finished," The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 1899"
Freight Cars
1902
Three hundred 100,000-lb capacity coal cars delivered in January 1902 are painted black.
"Spike and Rail," Deseret Evening News 16 January 1902.
Buildings
1897
The Salt Lake City shops receive a new canvas ceiling inside that is hand-painted to look like oak panels.
"Railroad Force Coming," Salt Lake Tribune 3 March 1897.