East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad Paint Information

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad TOC

Freight Cars

1882

Freight cars painted a “brownish red,” lettered in white.

The Knoxville Daily Tribune (Knoxville, TN), 19 February 1882

1892

Box cars and coal cars begin to be painted a “dull black.”

The Knoxville Journal (Knoxville, TN), 18 December 1892

Passenger Cars

1871

Mail cars painted a deep orange, lettering in gold with blue and green shading.

The Knoxville Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, TN), 27 December 1871

1881

Passenger coaches begin to be painted a “cherry red.”

North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, GA), 23 June 1881

1882

Directors’ car painted Tuscan red, the “standard color of the road,” with gilt ornaments.

The National Car Builder, June 1882, pg. 62

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad