Delaware Railroad Paint Information

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Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / Delaware Railroad TOC

Freight Cars

1874

“Maryland & Delaware” freight express cars painted a “brownish color,” with “Maryland & Delaware” lettered in red and white. Painted on the car sides is also a “red diamond,” denoting the cars’ “exclusive use for this line.”

Wilmington Daily Commercial (Wilmington, DE), 23 September 1874


Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / Delaware Railroad