Bangor & Aroostook Paint Information

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Freight Cars

1894

Freight cars painted brown.

The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 28 February 1894

1898

Freight cars painted a darker shade of red than that used by the Boston & Maine and Maine Central.

The Republican Journal (Belfast, ME), 6 January 1898

Passenger Equipment

1894

Passenger Cars painted deep India red, striped and lettered in gold leaf.

The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 5 December 1894

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index