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. While the focus is on the 19th Century, 20th century sources are added when found.
Data is arranged alphabetically by railroad name with an individual page for each.
For more information about railroad paint scholarship, paint photography, and the science of color, see Historic Paint.
A
Americus Preston & Lumpkin Railroad
Atchison & Charlotte Air Line Railroad
Augusta Gibson & Sandersville Railroad
B
Bellaire & South Western Railway
Brattleboro & Whitehall Railroad
Buffalo New York & Philadelphia
Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh
Burlington & Lamoille Railroad
C
Carolina Central Railroad
Cayuga Lake Railroad
Central Railroad of Georgia
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Central Transportation Company
Chattaroi Railway
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Chicago St. Louis & New Orleans
Chicago St. Paul & Kansas City
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton Railway
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
Connecticut Western Railroad
Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
Cumberland & Pennsylvania
Cumberland Valley Railroad
D
Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Delaware Western
Denver South Park & Pacific Railroad
Denver Pacific Railway
Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad
Detroit Lansing & Northern
Detroit Saginaw & Bay City
Duluth South Shore & Atlantic
Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railway
E
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
F
Fort Madison & North Western Railroad
G
H
I
J
Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad
K
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Kennebec & Wiscasset Railroad
Keokuk & Des Moines Railway
L
M
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
O
P
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Philadelphia & Reading
Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore
Pittsburg & Castle Shannon Railroad
Pittsburg Cincinnati & St. Louis
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago
Portland & Rochester Railroad
Q
R
Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad
Richmond & Allegheny Railroad
Richmond & Danville Railroad
Richmond Fredericksburg & Potamic
Roanoke & Southern Railway
Rochester & Syracuse Railroad
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Rutland Railroad
S
Saginaw Tuscola & Huron
San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad
San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Sandusky & Columbus Short Line Railway
San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Savannah Florida & Western
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
Selma Rome & Dalton Railroad
Shenandoah Valley Railroad
South Carolina Railway
Southern Central Railroad
St. Joseph & St. Louis Railroad
St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway
St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
St. Louis & Southeastern Railway
St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
T
Texas Midland Railroad
Toledo & Central Ohio Railway
Toledo St. Louis & Kansas City
U
U.S. Navy Pearl Harbor Supply Depot
Union Oil Company of California
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
Utica & Schenectady Railroad