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==Passenger Equipment== | |||
'''1881''' | |||
Day coaches are painted dark brown with gold leaf ornamentation. This is the "standard style for the road." | |||
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, December 1881, pg. 150]'' | |||
'''1882''' | |||
The bodies, roofs, and trucks on passenger cars are painted dark brown with black ironwork. | |||
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056230005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, June 1882, pg. 66 to 67]'' | |||
'''1899''' | |||
Passenger cars on the Alton Limited trains are painted maroon and wine. | |||
''[https://archive.org/details/scrapbooks18651969pull/page/n139/mode/2up?| Pullman Company Scrapbooks Vol.6: 1899 p155.]'' | |||
''[Railway Age, 17 November 1899]'' | |||
'''1905''' | |||
Passenger coaches are painted brown. | |||
''The Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL), 5 March 1905'' | |||
'''1908''' | |||
"Hummer" and "Alton Limited" trains are painted red. | |||
''The Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL), 22 March 1908'' | |||
==Locomotives== | ==Locomotives== | ||
'''1899''' | |||
The locomotives assigned to the Alton Limited trains are painted maroon and wine to match their coaches. | |||
''[https://archive.org/details/scrapbooks18651969pull/page/n139/mode/2up?| Pullman Company Scrapbooks Vol.6: 1899 p155.]'' | |||
'''1905''' | '''1905''' | ||
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''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA266#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false| "Notes and Comments," Railway Master Mechanic July 1905 p266.]'' | ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA266#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false| "Notes and Comments," Railway Master Mechanic July 1905 p266.]'' | ||
[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] | [[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] | ||
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Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
Passenger Equipment
1881
Day coaches are painted dark brown with gold leaf ornamentation. This is the "standard style for the road."
The National Car Builder, December 1881, pg. 150
1882
The bodies, roofs, and trucks on passenger cars are painted dark brown with black ironwork.
The National Car Builder, June 1882, pg. 66 to 67
1899
Passenger cars on the Alton Limited trains are painted maroon and wine.
Pullman Company Scrapbooks Vol.6: 1899 p155.
[Railway Age, 17 November 1899]
1905
Passenger coaches are painted brown.
The Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL), 5 March 1905
1908
"Hummer" and "Alton Limited" trains are painted red.
The Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL), 22 March 1908
Locomotives
1899
The locomotives assigned to the Alton Limited trains are painted maroon and wine to match their coaches.
Pullman Company Scrapbooks Vol.6: 1899 p155.
1905
Passenger locomotives are painted Pullman Color (dark olive green) with striping.
"Notes and Comments," Railway Master Mechanic July 1905 p266.