Colorado Midland Paint Information

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Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Locomotives

1896

New locomotives 127 through 131 built by Baldwin were delivered in Brunswick Green with no striping and planished iron jackets.

Baldwin Locomotive Works engine specifications, 1869-1938 vol 20 p 166 DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

1901

Baldwin 2-6-0 No. 205 was painted "Brewster Green" on its test runs in May 1901. The newspapers noted that this color turned dingy in the tunnels before it reached Leadville.

"Grand Mogul's Flying Trip," The Herald Democrat 22 May 1901.

Structures

1905

The water tank at Basalt is painted bright red.

"Railroad Rumbles," Basalt Journal 19 August 1905.