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Freight Cars

1872

Grand Trunk "through line" fast freight cars are painted red to distinguish them from Blue Line cars.

The Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN), 15 July 1872

1873

Freight cars are painted buff (yellow ochre and white lead) with black ironwork and mineral brown roofs.

Specification of Platform Cars, 1873

1873 Box Car Specification

1874

Freight cars primed with white lead and painted two coats buff color. Ironwork is black.

Specification of Box Car Bodies, 1874

1877

Freight cars are primed with white lead and painted two coats permanent buff color. Ironwork is black and roofs are mineral brown. Wood components of trucks are painted the "approved color."

Specification of Box Car Bodies and Trucks, 1877

1881

Coal cars owned by the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway are painted yellow with red ends.

The National Car Builder, December 1881, pg. 144

1884

Grand Trunk Commercial Express Line Fast Freight cars are painted buff with white letters on a red background.

The Daily Witness (Montreal, QC), 21 May 1884

1885

Freight cars are painted mineral brown and lettered in white.

The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 21 October 1885

The Daily Morning Journal and Courier, 15 December 1896

1886

Freight cars are painted metallic brown.

Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 24 April 1886

1898

Refrigerator cars are painted orange with white roofs and black fascia boards.

The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 19 September 1898

Cabooses

1895

Conductors' Vans are painted deep reddish brown.

1896

Conductor's vans are repainted "flaming red."

The Evening Record (Windsor, ON), 23 November 1896

Passenger Equipment

1855

Passenger cars are painted "in imitation of oak."

The Portland Weekly Advertiser (Portland, ME), 27 November 1855

1860

Passenger cars are painted yellow.

New York Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY), 10 August 1860

1867

A model of a Grand Trunk sleeping car is painted yellow.

The Morning Chronicle and Commercial and Shipping Gazette, (Quebec City, QC), 12 February 1867

1875

Baggage and express cars are painted chrome yellow with brown roofs.

Specification for Bodies of Baggage and Express Cars

1883

Western Division dining car "Windsor" is painted "standard colors": yellow body with dark letterboard and "gold flowering, which is also interspersed along the whole side."

The National Car Builder, October 1883, pg. 113

1886

Passenger, baggage and mail cars are painted a new color: chrome yellow with brown, red and grey trim. Lettering is in yellow and gold leaf, with "Grand Trunk" in place of "Grand Trunk Railway." The ornamentation style is simplified from previous paint schemes.

The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 16 March 1886

Tuscan red is introduced.

Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 24 April 1886

The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 28 April 1886

1887

Passenger cars are painted Tuscan red with gold lettering.

The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 29 March 1887

The National Car and Locomotive Builder, March 1887, pg. 36

1889

Dining cars are painted Tuscan red with gold ornamentation.

The National Car and Locomotive Builder, September 1889, pg. 126

1893

Passenger cars painted dark Indian or Tuscan red with gold lettering.

The Railway Engineer, May 1893, pg. 140

1896

The Grand Trunk changes from Tuscan red to nearly-black dark maroon.

Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), 19 March 1896

The Muskegon Chronicle (Muskegon, MI), 20 March 1896

The Grand Trunk changes its passenger car color yet again to "invincible green" in June.

The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, MI), 2 June 1896

1897

Passenger cars painted Pullman brown.

Engineering News Record, 26 August 1897, pg. 140

1898

Passenger cars are painted olive green with gold leaf trim.

The Gazette (Montreal, QC), 21 June 1898

1899

Passenger and baggage cars are painted "G.T.R. Standard Invisible Green" with gold leaf ornamentation.

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nlXGRaJCVsgNJeHV7PQT8GC1u2os-y1_/view?usp=sharing%7C The Gazette (Montreal, QC), 25 March 1899}

A dining car running between the Niagara suspension bridge and Port Huron is painted green and gold.

A dining car running between Port Huron and Chicago is painted maroon and gold.

The Pentwater News (Pentwater, MI), 29 September 1899

1900

The standard Grand Trunk body color is bottle green.

Cafe Parlor Cars built for the "International Limited" are painted bottle green. The interior ceiling is painted olive with gold tinting.

Chicago Post 30 July 1900

Locomotives

1896

Steam locomotives are painted red.

Engineering News Record, 26 August 1897, pg. 140

1897

Red paint is dropped from steam locomotives and all engines are painted black with planished iron jackets and aluminum leaf lettering.

Engineering News Record, 26 August 1897, pg. 140

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 ==Freight Cars==
+'''1872'''
+Grand Trunk "through line" fast freight cars are painted red to distinguish them from Blue Line cars.
+''The Indianapolis Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN), 15 July 1872''
 '''1873'''
@@ Line 15: / Line 21: @@
 '''1874'''
+Freight cars primed with white lead and painted two coats buff color. Ironwork is black.
+''[https://archive.org/details/cihm_60289| Specification of Box Car Bodies, 1874]''
+'''1877'''
+Freight cars are primed with white lead and painted two coats permanent buff color. Ironwork is black and roofs are mineral brown. Wood components of trucks are painted the "approved color."
+''[https://archive.org/details/cihm_39242| Specification of Box Car Bodies and Trucks, 1877]''
+'''1881'''
+Coal cars owned by the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway are painted yellow with red ends.
+''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, December 1881, pg. 144]''
+'''1884'''
+Grand Trunk Commercial Express Line Fast Freight cars are painted buff with white letters on a red background.
+''[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3626806| The Daily Witness (Montreal, QC), 21 May 1884]''
+'''1885'''
+Freight cars are painted mineral brown and lettered in white.
+''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1885-10-21/ed-1/seq-4/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 21 October 1885]''
+''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020358/1896-12-15/ed-1/seq-3/| The Daily Morning Journal and Courier, 15 December 1896]''
+'''1886'''
+Freight cars are painted metallic brown.
+''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=z_RGAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false| Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 24 April 1886]''
+'''1898'''
+Refrigerator cars are painted orange with white roofs and black fascia boards.
+''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1898-09-19/ed-1/seq-7/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 19 September 1898]''
+==Cabooses==
+'''1895'''
+Conductors' Vans are painted deep reddish brown.
+'''1896'''
+Conductor's vans are repainted "flaming red."
+''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=nbJSAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false| The Evening Record (Windsor, ON), 23 November 1896]''
 ==Passenger Equipment==
+'''1855'''
+Passenger cars are painted "in imitation of oak."
+''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EkT8GMvcNOhSX7AIIVqaCUhZ5D42vjrl/view?usp=sharing| The Portland Weekly Advertiser (Portland, ME), 27 November 1855]''
+'''1860'''
+Passenger cars are painted yellow.
+''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/10GVUwXikuVidF8LpDdj1E5ZdZG3HeS_S/view?usp=sharing| New York Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY), 10 August 1860]''
+'''1867'''
+A model of a Grand Trunk sleeping car is painted yellow.
+''[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3598352| The Morning Chronicle and Commercial and Shipping Gazette, (Quebec City, QC), 12 February 1867]''
+'''1875'''
+Baggage and express cars are painted chrome yellow with brown roofs.
+''[https://archive.org/details/cihm_47356/page/n11/mode/2up| Specification for Bodies of Baggage and Express Cars]''
+'''1883'''
+Western Division dining car "Windsor" is painted "standard colors": yellow body with dark letterboard and "gold flowering, which is also interspersed along the whole side."
+''The National Car Builder, October 1883, pg. 113''
+'''1886'''
+Passenger, baggage and mail cars are painted a new color: chrome yellow with brown, red and grey trim. Lettering is in yellow and gold leaf, with "Grand Trunk" in place of "Grand Trunk Railway." The ornamentation style is simplified from previous paint schemes.
+''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1886-03-16/ed-1/seq-4/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 16 March 1886]''
+Tuscan red is introduced.
+''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=z_RGAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false| Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 24 April 1886]''
+''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1886-04-28/ed-1/seq-4/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 28 April 1886]''
+'''1887'''
+Passenger cars are painted Tuscan red with gold lettering.
+''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1887-03-29/ed-1/seq-4/| The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 29 March 1887]''
+''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286088000005961?lang=en| The National Car and Locomotive Builder, March 1887, pg. 36]''
+'''1889'''
+Dining cars are painted Tuscan red with gold ornamentation.
+''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286054950005961?lang=en| The National Car and Locomotive Builder, September 1889, pg. 126]''
+'''1893'''
+Passenger cars painted dark Indian or Tuscan red with gold lettering.
+''The Railway Engineer, May 1893, pg. 140''
+'''1896'''
+The Grand Trunk changes from Tuscan red to nearly-black dark maroon.
+''Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), 19 March 1896''
+''The Muskegon Chronicle (Muskegon, MI), 20 March 1896''
+The Grand Trunk changes its passenger car color yet again to "invincible green" in June.
+''The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, MI), 2 June 1896''
+'''1897'''
+Passenger cars painted Pullman brown.
+''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101061104343?urlappend=%3Bseq=182| Engineering News Record, 26 August 1897, pg. 140]''
+'''1898'''
+Passenger cars are painted olive green with gold leaf trim.
+''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tnRzXPbFThU3UzKsNnufyLmCUPj5wOV1/view?usp=sharing| The Gazette (Montreal, QC), 21 June 1898]''
+'''1899'''
+Passenger and baggage cars are painted "G.T.R. Standard Invisible Green" with gold leaf ornamentation.
+''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nlXGRaJCVsgNJeHV7PQT8GC1u2os-y1_/view?usp=sharing| The Gazette (Montreal, QC), 25 March 1899}''
+A dining car running between the Niagara suspension bridge and Port Huron is painted green and gold.
+A dining car running between Port Huron and Chicago is painted maroon and gold.
+''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=bgRRAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false| The Pentwater News (Pentwater, MI), 29 September 1899]''
 '''1900'''
@@ Line 27: / Line 182: @@
 ''Chicago Post 30 July 1900''
+==Locomotives==
+'''1896'''
+Steam locomotives are painted red.
+''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101061104343?urlappend=%3Bseq=182| Engineering News Record, 26 August 1897, pg. 140]''
+'''1897'''
+Red paint is dropped from steam locomotives and all engines are painted black with planished iron jackets and aluminum leaf lettering.
+''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101061104343?urlappend=%3Bseq=182| Engineering News Record, 26 August 1897, pg. 140]''
 [[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]