Grand Trunk Railway Paint Information

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Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Freight Cars

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



Passenger Equipment

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


Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index