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 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.