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==Freight Cars==
==Freight Cars==


===1881===
'''1887'''


Cabooses painted orange with english vermillion clerestory, black ironwork and tuscan red ladders and doorsteps.
"Old" boxcars operating in 1887 painted slate color.


''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 102]''
[[File:The_Morning_News_(Savannah,_GA),_26_April_1896.jpg|400px]]


===1887===
''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1896-04-26/ed-1/seq-13/ The Morning News (Savannah, GA), 26 April 1896]''


"Old" boxcars painted slate color.
'''1880'''


''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1896-04-26/ed-1/seq-13/| The Morning News (Savannah, GA), 26 April 1896]''
Grain and merchandise cars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint.
 
===1880===


Grain and merchandise cars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint.
[[File:The_National_Car_Builder,_April_1880,_pg._63.png|400px]]


''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286055950005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, April 1880, pg. 63]''
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286055950005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, April 1880, pg. 63]''


===1881===
'''1881'''


Stock cars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint. Ironwork, trucks and roof edges painted black.
Stock cars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint. Ironwork, trucks and roof edges painted black.


''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 109]''
[[File:The_National_Car_Builder,_September_1881,_pg._109.png|400px]]
 
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 109]''


===1883===
'''1883'''


Boxcars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint. Ironwork, trucks and roof edges painted black.
Boxcars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint. Ironwork, trucks and roof edges painted black.


''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056380005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, October 1883 pg. 117]''
[[File:The_National_Car_Builder,_October_1883_pg._117.png|400px]]


===1885===
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056380005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, October 1883 pg. 117]''


"Air Brake" fast freight cars used between Chicago and Denver via the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad have yellow doors with a vertical green bar in the center.
'''1885'''


"Air Brake" fast freight cars used between Chicago and the Pacific coast via the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe are painted yellow with black doors and a cross of red and white bars.
"Air Brake" fast freight cars used between Chicago and Denver via the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad had yellow doors, on which were painted a vertical green bar in the center.


''The Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 7 April 1885''
"Air Brake" fast freight cars used between Chicago and the Pacific coast via the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe were painted yellow with black doors On each door was a cross of red and white bars.


===1888===
[[File:The_Inter_Ocean_(Chicago,_IL),_7_April_1885.png|400px]]


Brown is begun to be used on ironwork instead of black.
''The Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 7 April 1885''


''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286054690005961?lang=en| The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 151]''
'''1888'''


===1892===
Brown mineral paint begins to be used on ironwork instead of lamp black.


Cabooses painted yellow.
[[File:The_National_Car_and_Locomotive_Builder,_October_1888,_pg._151.png|400px]]


''Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Co. advertisement, The Official Railway List, 1892''
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286054690005961?lang=en The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 151]''


===1893===
'''1893'''


Prince's Metallic (brown) used on freight cars.
Prince's Metallic (brown) used on freight cars.
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<blockquote>"Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Burlington Iowa, June 30th 1893 - GENTLEMEN: I have been using your Metallic Paint on freight cars and buildings for many years, and have found it giving good satisfaction. I recommend it for bridges, and have just started a gang of painters to paint our Iron Bridges with it, of which we have over fifty to be painted this season. Yours Truly, Fred Johnson, Foreman Painter."</blockquote>
<blockquote>"Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Burlington Iowa, June 30th 1893 - GENTLEMEN: I have been using your Metallic Paint on freight cars and buildings for many years, and have found it giving good satisfaction. I recommend it for bridges, and have just started a gang of painters to paint our Iron Bridges with it, of which we have over fifty to be painted this season. Yours Truly, Fred Johnson, Foreman Painter."</blockquote>


''[https://archive.org/details/rustingofironste00prin/page/12/mode/2up| The rusting of iron and steel: how it may be prevented and how it is promoted, 1895]''
''[https://archive.org/details/rustingofironste00prin/page/12/mode/2up The rusting of iron and steel: how it may be prevented and how it is promoted, 1895]''
 
==Cabooses==
 
'''1881'''
 
Way cars painted orange with English vermillion clerestory, gloss black ironwork, and Tuscan red ladders and doorsteps.
 
[[File:The_National_Car_Builder,_September_1881,_pg._102.png|400px]]
 
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 102]''
 
'''1892'''


Cabooses are repainted from yellow to red.
Cabooses painted yellow.


''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=obMoAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false| The Aurora Daily Express(Aurora, IL), 21 August 1893]''
''Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Co. advertisement, The Official Railway List, 1892''
 
'''1893'''
 
Cabooses repainted from yellow to red.
 
[[File:The_Aurora_Daily_Express(Aurora,_IL),_21_August_1893.png|400px]]
 
''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=obMoAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false The Aurora Daily Express(Aurora, IL), 21 August 1893]''


==Passenger Equipment==
==Passenger Equipment==


===1877===
'''1877'''


Passenger cars painted orange with red, green and lead striping. Roofs painted sky blue.
Passenger cars painted orange with red, green and lead striping. Roofs painted sky blue.


''[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=ROA18770308.1.4&srpos=5&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN---------| The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL), 8 March 1877]''
[[File:The_Rock_Island_Argus_(Rock_Island,_IL),_8_March_1877.jpg|400px]]
 
''[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=ROA18770308.1.4&srpos=5&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------- The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL), 8 March 1877]''


===1882===
'''1882'''


Coaches painted canary yellow.
Coaches painted canary yellow.


''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056230005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, August 1882, pg. 86]''
[[File:The_National_Car_Builder,_August_1882,_pg._86.png|400px]]
 
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056230005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, August 1882, pg. 86]''
 
'''1888'''


===1888===
New passenger cars painted Tuscan red.


New passenger cars painted tuscan red.
[[File:The_National_Car_and_Locomotive_Builder,_October_1888,_pg._147.png|400px]]


''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286054690005961?lang=en| The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 147]''
''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286054690005961?lang=en The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 147]''


===1889===
'''1889'''


Passenger cars repainted to deep red.
Passenger cars repainted to deep red.
[[File:The_Saint_Paul_Daily_Globe_(St._Paul,_MN),_16_March_1889.png|400px]]


''The Saint Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), 16 March 1889''
''The Saint Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), 16 March 1889''


===1893===
'''1893'''


Some passenger cars still painted yellow.
Some passenger cars still painted yellow.


''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lig1Cop92f8xWXbUY0oCPLeCUx_ap5tf/view?usp=sharing| The Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, PA), 24 February 1893]''
[[File:The_Pittsburgh_Daily_Post_(Pittsburgh,_PA),_24_February_1893_CBQ.jpg|400px]]


===1895===
''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lig1Cop92f8xWXbUY0oCPLeCUx_ap5tf/view?usp=sharing The Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, PA), 24 February 1893]''
 
'''1895'''


Coaches painted yellow with mineral brown trucks.
Coaches painted yellow with mineral brown trucks.


''[https://archive.org/details/locomotiveengine08hill/page/763/mode/2up| Locomotive Engineering, 1895, pg. 763]''
[[File:Locomotive_Engineering,_1895,_pg._763.jpg|400px]]
 
''[https://archive.org/details/locomotiveengine08hill/page/763/mode/2up Locomotive Engineering, 1895, pg. 763]''


===1899===
'''1899'''


Passenger cars used between Denver and Chicago painted olive green.
Passenger cars used between Denver and Chicago painted olive green.
[[File:The_Daily_News_(Denver,_CO),_4_May_1899.png|400px]]


''The Daily News (Denver, CO), 4 May 1899''
''The Daily News (Denver, CO), 4 May 1899''


===1904===
All CB&Q passenger cars begin to be painted in the “dark olive green, popularly known as the Pullman color, save for the mail car.” CB&Q postal cars “will later be painted in the darker color.”
 
[[File:The_Daily_News_(Denver,_CO),_8_May_1899.jpg|400px]]
 
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1se8oSFS1alvjhwM6cDLalYI4Mbmacfx2/view?usp=sharing ''The Daily News (Denver, CO), 8 May 1899'']
 
'''1904'''
 
Passenger cars painted "standard Pullman color" with a broad gold strip along the bottom of the car body, small lettering in gold leaf, and "no fancy gold scoll work."


Passenger cars painted "standard Pullman color" with a broad gold strip along the bottom of the carbody.
[[File:The_Ottumwa_Courier_(Ottumwa,_IA),_27_December_1904.png|400px]]


''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eWmaHJweR43aOvo9_dRCWhMQA-faQO8H/view?usp=sharing| The Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA), 27 December 1904]''
''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eWmaHJweR43aOvo9_dRCWhMQA-faQO8H/view?usp=sharing The Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA), 27 December 1904]''


==Buildings and Structures==
==Buildings and Structures==


===1893===
'''1893'''


"Permanent buildings" and stations are painted drab.
"Permanent buildings" and stations are painted drab.
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"Plain buildings," bridges and water tanks are painted with Princes' Metallic (brown).
"Plain buildings," bridges and water tanks are painted with Princes' Metallic (brown).


''[https://archive.org/details/rustingofironste00prin/page/12/mode/2up| The rusting of iron and steel: how it may be prevented and how it is promoted, 1895]''
''[https://archive.org/details/rustingofironste00prin/page/12/mode/2up The rusting of iron and steel: how it may be prevented and how it is promoted, 1895]''




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

Revision as of 17:36, 3 February 2022

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Freight Cars

1887

"Old" boxcars operating in 1887 painted slate color.

The Morning News (Savannah, GA), 26 April 1896.jpg

The Morning News (Savannah, GA), 26 April 1896

1880

Grain and merchandise cars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint.

The National Car Builder, April 1880, pg. 63.png

The National Car Builder, April 1880, pg. 63

1881

Stock cars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint. Ironwork, trucks and roof edges painted black.

The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 109.png

The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 109

1883

Boxcars painted brown, using either Parker's Cement or Prince's Mineral Paint. Ironwork, trucks and roof edges painted black.

The National Car Builder, October 1883 pg. 117.png

The National Car Builder, October 1883 pg. 117

1885

"Air Brake" fast freight cars used between Chicago and Denver via the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad had yellow doors, on which were painted a vertical green bar in the center.

"Air Brake" fast freight cars used between Chicago and the Pacific coast via the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe were painted yellow with black doors On each door was a cross of red and white bars.

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 7 April 1885.png

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 7 April 1885

1888

Brown mineral paint begins to be used on ironwork instead of lamp black.

The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 151.png

The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 151

1893

Prince's Metallic (brown) used on freight cars.

"Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Burlington Iowa, June 30th 1893 - GENTLEMEN: I have been using your Metallic Paint on freight cars and buildings for many years, and have found it giving good satisfaction. I recommend it for bridges, and have just started a gang of painters to paint our Iron Bridges with it, of which we have over fifty to be painted this season. Yours Truly, Fred Johnson, Foreman Painter."

The rusting of iron and steel: how it may be prevented and how it is promoted, 1895

Cabooses

1881

Way cars painted orange with English vermillion clerestory, gloss black ironwork, and Tuscan red ladders and doorsteps.

The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 102.png

The National Car Builder, September 1881, pg. 102

1892

Cabooses painted yellow.

Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Co. advertisement, The Official Railway List, 1892

1893

Cabooses repainted from yellow to red.

The Aurora Daily Express(Aurora, IL), 21 August 1893.png

The Aurora Daily Express(Aurora, IL), 21 August 1893

Passenger Equipment

1877

Passenger cars painted orange with red, green and lead striping. Roofs painted sky blue.

The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL), 8 March 1877.jpg

The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL), 8 March 1877

1882

Coaches painted canary yellow.

The National Car Builder, August 1882, pg. 86.png

The National Car Builder, August 1882, pg. 86

1888

New passenger cars painted Tuscan red.

The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 147.png

The National Car and Locomotive Builder, October 1888, pg. 147

1889

Passenger cars repainted to deep red.

The Saint Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), 16 March 1889.png

The Saint Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), 16 March 1889

1893

Some passenger cars still painted yellow.

The Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, PA), 24 February 1893 CBQ.jpg

The Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, PA), 24 February 1893

1895

Coaches painted yellow with mineral brown trucks.

Locomotive Engineering, 1895, pg. 763.jpg

Locomotive Engineering, 1895, pg. 763

1899

Passenger cars used between Denver and Chicago painted olive green.

The Daily News (Denver, CO), 4 May 1899.png

The Daily News (Denver, CO), 4 May 1899

All CB&Q passenger cars begin to be painted in the “dark olive green, popularly known as the Pullman color, save for the mail car.” CB&Q postal cars “will later be painted in the darker color.”

The Daily News (Denver, CO), 8 May 1899.jpg

The Daily News (Denver, CO), 8 May 1899

1904

Passenger cars painted "standard Pullman color" with a broad gold strip along the bottom of the car body, small lettering in gold leaf, and "no fancy gold scoll work."

The Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA), 27 December 1904.png

The Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA), 27 December 1904

Buildings and Structures

1893

"Permanent buildings" and stations are painted drab.

"Plain buildings," bridges and water tanks are painted with Princes' Metallic (brown).

The rusting of iron and steel: how it may be prevented and how it is promoted, 1895


Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

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