Street Railway Paint Information

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This page is a compilation of paint information for street railways in North America that otherwise do not have enough documentation to warrant their own page.

Botanical Gardens Railway Company of Rio de Janeiro

Horse cars ordered by Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil from the John Stephenson Company are painted yellow and dark green with landscapes painted in the body panels except the center which bears the coat of arms of Brazil. The seats are upholstered in dark blue leather and the interior finished in ash, cherry, basswood and maple.

Railroad Journal 8 June 1878 p633

Middlesex Horse Railroad Company

1868

Six new two-horse cars built by Stevenson & Co. are painted red and white.

American Railroad Journal 2 May 1868 p433.

New York City Brooklyn Streetcar Line

1894

A combination postal-smoker car is painted white with gold lettering and red trim.

"The Postal Car," Colorado Daily Chieftain 11 September 1894.

New York City Third Avenue Cable Line

1895

Postal cars built for the Third Avenue Cable Line are painted white with gold leaf trim.

"Street Railway Postal Car," National Car & Locomotive Builder November 1895

Northwestern Elevated Road (Chicago)

1900

Elevated cars built by Pullman are painted the Pullman Standard body color.

Pullman Company Scrapbook Vol.6: 1900, p153.

Ogden City Railway

Baldwin steam dummies built for the Ogden City Railway of Ogden, Utah, are delivered in Carmine Red with gold leaf. The body is painted in Motor Style 20 and the tank is Motor Style 84.

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