Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
Introduction
This page is a mirror of the document: 19th Century Railroad Paint Color Research Compendium.
This is a compilation of raw primary source documentation regarding paint and lettering of North American railroads. While the focus is on the 19th Century, 20th century sources are added when found.
Data is arranged alphabetically by railroad name with an individual page for each.
For more information about railroad paint scholarship, paint photography, and the science of color, see Historic Paint.
Street railways and private owner car lines that do not have enough information to warrant their own page can be found under the "Street Railways" and "Private Owner Car Lines" pages.
A
Americus Preston & Lumpkin Railroad
Atchison & Charlotte Air Line Railroad
Augusta Gibson & Sandersville Railroad
B
Bellaire & South Western Railway
Brattleboro & Whitehall Railroad
Buffalo New York & Philadelphia
Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh
Burlington & Lamoille Railroad
C
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Central Transportation Company
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago St. Louis & New Orleans
Chicago St. Paul & Kansas City
Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louis & Chicago
Cincinnati Richmond & Fort Wayne Railroad
Cincinnati Van Wert & Michigan
Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St Louis (Big Four)
Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati & Indianapolis
Cleveland Mt. Vernon & Columbus Railroad
Cleveland Mt. Vernon & Delaware
Cleveland Tuscarawas Valley & Wheeling
Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
D
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Denver South Park & Pacific Railroad
Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad
Detroit Lansing & Northern Railroad
Detroit Saginaw & Bay City Railroad
Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railway
E
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Elmira Cortland & Northern Railroad
Erie & Wyoming Valley Railroad
European & North American Railway
F
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad
Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad
Florida Railway & Navigation Company
Fort Madison & North Western Railroad
Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad
G
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Great Western Railway of Canada
H
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
I
Indianapolis & Bellefontaine Railroad
Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Indianapolis Bloomington & Western Railway
Indianapolis Decatur & Springfield Railway
International & Great Northern Railway
J
Jackson Lansing & Saginaw Railroad
Jacksonville Pensacola & Mobile Railroad
Jacksonville Southeastern Railway
Jacksonville Tampa & Key West Railway
Jefferson Madison & Indianapolis Railroad
K
Kansas City Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad
Kansas City Pittsburgh & Gulf Railroad
L
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Lake Shore & Tuscarawas Valley Railway
Lawrenceburg & Upper Mississippi Railroad
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad
Louisville New Albany & Chicago Railway
Louisville New Orleans & Texas Railway
M
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad
Marietta & North Georgia Railway
Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Railway
Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway
Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad
Missouri Iowa & Nebraska Railway
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway
Montgomery & West Point Railroad
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad
N
Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad
Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
National Despatch Line (National Car Company)
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad
New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company
New Orleans Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York Chicago & St. Louis (Nickle Plate)
New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad
New York Providence & Boston Railroad (Stonington Line)
New York West Shore & Buffalo Railway
New York Woodhaven & Rockaway Railroad
Nickel Plate Line (Fast Freight)
Northern & Central Vermont Line (Fast Freight)
O
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad
Ohio & Little Kanawha Railroad
P
Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad
Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad
Pittsburgh Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway (Pan Handle Route)
Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway
Pittsburgh Shawmut & Northern Railroad
Providence & Worcester Railroad
Q
Quebec & Lake St. John Railway
Quebec Montreal Ottawa & Occidental Railway
R
Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad
Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad
S
Saginaw Tuscola & Huron Railroad
San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad
San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad
San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Sandusky & Columbus Short Line Railway
Savannah & Charleston Railroad
Savannah Florida & Western Railway
Savannah Griffin & North Alabama Railroad
Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railway
Silver Springs Ocala & Gulf Railroad
St. Joseph & St. Louis Railroad
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
St. Louis & Southeastern Railway
St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
T
Toledo St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad
U
U.S. Navy Pearl Harbor Supply Depot
Union Oil Company of California
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
Utica Ithaca & Elmira Railroad
V
W
Washington City Virginia Midland & Great Southern Railway
West Jersey & Atlantic Railroad
Wilmington Columbia & Augusta Railroad
Wilmington & Northern Railroad