Ann Arbor Railroad Paint Information
From PacificNG
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
Freight Cars
1896
Boxcars in service painted red and have on their sides a “rectangle of black, bordered by a band of white,” which “forms a background for a large gold colored key. In the handle of the key is a white figure, upon which is a transverse key in black.”
The Daily Morning Journal and Courier, 15 December 1896