Utah & Western Railroad: Paint Information

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Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

This page includes information for both the Utah Western and its successor, the Utah & Nevada.

Locomotives

1897

Locomotives of the Utah & Nevada are relettered for Oregon Short Line to match its parent company.

Salt Lake Tribune, 16 March 1897

Freight Cars

Passenger Equipment

1874

Passenger cars were painted canary yellow with green striping.

National Car-Builder, October 1874 p150.

1881

Four "bathing Cars" (open-air excursion cars with bench seating) were painted bright yellow.

Ogden Herald, 10 June 1881

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index