Chicago & Eastern Illinois Paint Information

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Standard Paints

1925

In 1925, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois reported purchasing the following standard colors:

• 20-5 Linseed Oil

• 20-9 White Lead

• 20-10 Standard Metal Primer

• 20-11 Standard White Paint, in paste form

• 20-12 Standard Black Paint, ready mixed

• 20-13 Standard Freight Car Color, in semipaste form

• 20-15 No. 107 French Gray Building Color, ready mixed

• 20-16 No. 112 Outside Green building Color for outside framing and sash in oil

• 20-17 No. 109 Standard Building Paint for ceiling and side wall to picture molding

• 20-18 No. 111 Standard Building Paint for side wall below picture molding in ready-mixed form

National Directory of Commodity Specifications, Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards: 1925

Freight Cars

1895

Boxcars painted with Prince's Metallic (oxide brown).

The rusting of iron and steel: how it may be prevented and how it is promoted, 1895

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index