Grand River Valley Railroad Paint Information
From PacificNG
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / Grand River Valley Railroad TOC
Passenger Cars
1868
Passenger coaches and baggage car painted “the rich wine color hitherto so peculiar to some of the Pullman cars.”
Jackson Daily Citizen (Jackson, MI), 26 August 1868
Palace car painted “the color of rosewood.” Windows contain the monogram, “G. R. V.” Panels “containing the number of the coach, ‘3,’ also have a beautifully painted landscape in each.”
Jackson Daily Citizen (Jackson, MI), 24 December 1868
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / Grand River Valley Railroad