Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Paint Information
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Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad TOC
Passenger Cars
1878
F&PM passenger coaches known to be painted drab and yellow, “the ‘Flint and Pere Marquette’ color.”
The Railway Age, 24 October 1878
1881
F&PM sleeping cars painted a “deep wine color.”
The Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), 22 July 1881
1883
F&PM passenger coaches painted light straw.
The Evening Express (Saginaw, MI), 16 March 1883
1889
F&PM passenger cars on the Port Huron division painted light yellow, with dark trimmings.
The Weekly Expositor (Brockway Centre, MI), 27 June 1889
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad