Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
Introduction
This page is a mirror of the document: 19th Century Railroad Paint Color Research Compendium.
This is a compilation of raw primary source documentation regarding paint and lettering of North American railroads in the 19th Century.
Data is arranged alphabetically by railroad name with an individual page for each.
A
Androscoggin Railroad
Atchison & Nebraska Railroad
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Atlanta & La Grange Railroad
Atlantic & Great Western
Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio
B
Baltimore & Ohio
Bangor & Aroostook
Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad
Blue Line Fast Freight
Boston & Albany
Boston Concord & Montreal
Boston Hartford & Erie
Boston & Maine
Boston & Providence Railroad
Boston & Worcester Railroad
Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Burlington & Lamoille Railroad
Butte Anaconda & Pacific
C
Canada Atlantic Railway
Camden & Amboy Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada Southern Railway
Carolina Central Railroad
Cayuga Lake Railroad
Central Railroad of Georgia
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Central Transportation Company
Chattaroi Railway
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & North-Western
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago St. Louis & New Orleans
Chicago St. Paul & Kansas City
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton
Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louis & Chicago
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Cincinnati Van Wert & Michigan
Cleveland Akron & Columbus
Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St Louis (Big Four)
Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati & Indianapolis
Cleveland Mt. Vernon & Delaware
Cleveland Tuscarawas Valley & Wheeling
Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking
Colusa & Lake Railroad
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Connecticut Western Railroad
Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
Cumberland & Pennsylvania
Cumberland Valley Railroad
N
Nashua, Acton & Boston Railroad
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad
Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis
National Despatch Line
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad
New Brunswick Railway
New Jersey Midland Railway
New Jersey & new York Railroad
New London Northern Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
New York Chicago & St. Louis (Nickle Plate)
New York New Haven & Hartford
New York Pennsylvania & Ohio
New York Providence & Boston
New York, Woodhaven & Rockaway Railroad
Nickle Plate Line (Fast Freight)
Norfolk & Western Railroad
North Pacific Coast Railroad
Northern Alabama Railway
Northern Central Railway
North Missouri Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad
P
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Philadelphia & Reading
Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore
Pittsburg & Castle Shannon Railroad
Pittsburg Cincinnati & St. Louis
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago
Portland & Rochester Railroad
Pullman
S
U
Union Tank Line
Utah Central Railroad
Utah & Northern Railway
Utah & Western Railroad
Utica & Schenectady Railroad