New York Chicago & St. Louis Paint Information
From PacificNG
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
Passenger Equipment
1882
Pullman passenger cars built for the NYC&StL are painted dark wine "almost like the Pennsylvania Railway color."
Railway Age 26 October 1882
The Morning News (Chicago, IL), 24 October 1882
1883
Nickel Plate cars visiting Toronto on an Odd Fellows' excursion are described as being painted chocolate color.
The Toronto Daily Mail (Toronto, ON), 20 June 1883