Central Pacific Railroad: Paint Information

From PacificNG

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Locomotives

Freight Cars

1868

Platform cars painted brown.

Sacramento Bee XXXX 1868

1891

Central Pacific "Sunset" herald circa 1900

Southern Pacific adopts the “setting sun” monogram, with some freight cars having the monogram painted upon them.

The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), 4 June 1891





The "sunset" herald went through several revisions until it was discontinued in 1909.


Passenger Equipment

Structures

Other

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index